09/29/2026
🇺🇸 Happy 127th Birthday to the Veterans of Foreign Wars! 🇺🇸
On September 29, 1899, a small group of veterans gathered with a shared purpose: to ensure that those who had served and sacrificed on foreign battlefields would never be forgotten, abandoned, or left to face their struggles alone.
From those humble beginnings grew the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States—an organization built upon service, sacrifice, advocacy, and the unbreakable bond shared by veterans.
For 127 years, the VFW has stood as a strong voice for America’s veterans, service members, and military families. Our members have fought for earned benefits, improved medical care, recognition of service-connected conditions, support for surviving families, and countless other protections that generations of veterans depend upon today.
But the VFW’s legacy is about more than what we have accomplished nationally. It lives within every Post, every community service project, every hospital visit, every scholarship awarded, every veteran helped through a difficult time, and every hand extended to a fellow veteran who needed to know they were not alone.
Here in Arizona, our Posts, members, and Auxiliaries continue that proud mission every day. We honor those who came before us, remember those who never returned home, care for those who still carry the wounds of war, and work together to build a stronger future for every veteran and military family.
To every member who has carried this mission forward: thank you. Your dedication, compassion, and continued service are the heart of this organization.
Today, the VFW Department of Arizona proudly celebrates 127 years of camaraderie, advocacy, and service to our nation’s heroes.
May we always remain faithful to our fellow veterans, their families, and the sacred promise that **no veteran should ever be forgotten.**
Happy Birthday, VFW—and here’s to many more years of serving those who served.