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Craig DeOld, commander at Veterans of Foreign War Post #1018, stands in the post's empty parking lot as the sun sets, Monday, March 15, 2021, in Boston. Local bars and halls run by VFW and American Legion posts have fallen on hard times during the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers say many risk permanent closure after states ordered them, like other bars and halls, to shutter last spring. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

A year into pandemic, veterans halls ‘barely hanging’ on

By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

Audience members listen as President Donald Trump speaks during the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States National Convention Tuesday, July 24, 2018, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

VFW, Freedom Alliance veterans groups help in coronavirus pandemic

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump asked to apologize by veterans group for downplaying injuries caused by Iranian strike

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Colorado VFW post named for soldier who died in Afghanistan

Associated Press

Trump to address VFW convention next Tuesday in Kansas City

Associated Press

Ex-Klan leader resigns role at Connecticut VFW post

Associated Press

In this Saturday, April 23, 2016 photo, members of the Ku Klux Klan participate in cross burnings after a "white pride" rally in rural Paulding County near Cedar Town, Ga. In 2016, KKK leaders say they feel that U.S. politics are going their way, as a nationalist, us-against-them mentality deepens across the nation. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Scott E. Palmer, former KKK member, resigns as VFW Post 591 senior vice commander

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VFW poppy purveyors: Post office kicked us out

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In this Oct. 25, 2017 file photo, Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., pauses before speaking to reporters during a meeting of the National Defense Authorization Act conferees, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

John McCain’s death prematurely announced by VFW

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this March 21, 2018 photo, is a control board used during blackout bingo at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Ketchikan, Alaska. When the sun strides past Gravina Island, the Veterans of Foreign Wars transforms its second floor hall into a community staple that has entertained Ketchikan residents for decades. (Dustin Safranek/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)

Bingo nights are a regular draw in Ketchikan

By DUSTIN SAFRANEK - Associated Press

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: VA health care worth saving

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Honor Guard dwindling but still faithful

By MATT COMBS - Associated Press

South Dakota pheasant hunt honors 4 decorated veterans

By TIM POTTS - Associated Press

Court upholds ruling against raffles conducted by vet groups

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In this Oct. 6, 2016 photo, Joe Monaco, sales manager at Erie County Memorial Gardens, poses with a Korean War-era Lockheed F-94 Starfire jet, which has been a landmark in the veterans section of the Summit Township, Erie County, Pa., cemetery for more than 50 years. Monaco is searching for someone to maintain the landmark. (Jack Hanrahan /Erie Times-News via AP)

Erie ‘cemetery jet’ could take flight without new sponsor

By VALERIE MYERS - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives to speak at the 117th National Convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, Monday, July 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Hillary Clinton pledges VA reform, draws contrasts with Donald Trump on foreign policy

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

From left, Britton Shoellhorn, Christine Mauler, Hollie Shoellhorn, and Ryan Golden play video games in an upstairs loft at a new VFW that has formed in the Shoellhorn residence in Greenwood, In. To fill a need in the community, Hollie Shoellhorn has helped form a new VFW in Johnson County, focused on appealing to a younger generation as well as older veterans in the area. (Chris Williams/Daily Journal via AP)

Veterans of Foreign Wars seeks to serve younger veterans

By RYAN TRARES - Associated Press

An Anne Arundel County policeman guards the intersection of North Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Baltimore. Schools reopened across the city and tensions seemed to ease Wednesday after Baltimore made it through the first night of its curfew without the widespread violence many had feared. People in Baltimore have been angry over the police-custody death of Freddie Gray. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

VFW says CNN remarks blaming vets for Baltimore violence is ‘insulting’

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs budget. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

4 in 5 eligible vets not offered outside Choice Card care: report

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald says the "I CARE" principles "focus our minds on our mission of caring and thereby guide our actions toward service to others." "I CARE" stands for integrity, commitment, advocacy, respect and excellence. (Associated Press)

VA ‘I CARE’ slogan slammed by veterans, employees as mockery of reform

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times