Plover VFW Auxiliary 10262

06/18/2026

🎶 New spot, same summer tradition! The Grenadiers Band is moving concerts to Lake Pacawa Park this year. First show is June 18! See link below ⬇️

📸 Caitlin Shuda/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

06/18/2026

Sharing 🪶 Tribal Veterans Day Gathering 🪶
All veterans are welcome. Details below – please share!

06/18/2026

Join the VFW in celebrating 250 years of American freedom! Sign the Happy Birthday, America pledge and proudly fly the flag through July! 🇺🇸 bit.ly/4sIWXO6

06/16/2026

06/16/2026

Today’s the day! Please help us one more time and go to Jersey Mike’s between 4&7 today! Thank you for your support!!!

Please consider going to the Plover Jersey Mike’s on June 16, 4-7 PM. 100% of the profits will be donated to the Auxiliary, and will be included in our donations to Portage County VSO and Interfaith Food Pantry. Thank you!

06/14/2026

Today is Flag Day!

Flag Day has been observed for more than 150 years, but its origins can be traced all the way back to June 14, 1777, when the Continental Congress declared, "The Flag of the United States shall be of thirteen stripes of alternate red and white, with a union of thirteen stars of white in a blue field, representing the new constellation."

In 1861, a celebration of the American Flag in Hartford, Connecticut focused on the Americanization of immigrant children, in 1889 the principal of a free kindergarten for the poor in New York City started a Flag Day initiative that caught the eye of the State Department of Education, and in 1893, Elizabeth Duane Gillespie, a direct descendent of Benjamin Franklin, proposed a resolution to the city of Philadelphia to observe June 14 as Flag Day (unfortunately, as she was a woman, this was largely ignored). Presidents Wilson and Coolidge, in 1916 and 1927, issued proclamations declaring June 14 Flag Day, but it was not until 1949 that President Truman signed it into law.

The VFW Auxiliary considers observances of Flag Day and of the American Flag itself an important part of the Americanism Program. Past and present traditions involving the Flag have included distributing them to immigrants who celebrating their new citizenship, participating in Flag retirement ceremonies alongside the VFW, welcoming visiting National Presidents with an Aisle of Flags, replacing tattered or faded Flags flying in front of local businesses, placing Flags on veterans' graves over Memorial Day weekend, carrying Flags during parades and teaching children about the history and meaning of the American Flag in schools through picture books and youth programs.

Happy Flag Day from the VFW Auxiliary!

06/14/2026

The VFW strongly opposes the Take Care of America's Veterans Act, rejecting proposed VA disability compensation cuts to tinnitus and sleep apnea ratings.

06/14/2026

Don’t forget Jersey Mikes on Tuesday! Thanks for your continued support.

Please consider going to the Plover Jersey Mike’s on June 16, 4-7 PM. 100% of the profits will be donated to the Auxiliary, and will be included in our donations to Portage County VSO and Interfaith Food Pantry. Thank you!

06/12/2026

Thank you to all our women veterans.

Today is is National Women Veterans Recognition Day.

As explained by the VA, this is not a Veterans Day just for women, but a celebration of the signing of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act in 1948, which was significant in that is allowed women the right to permanently and fully serve in the regular armed forces (and to be recognized as veterans after doing so).

Prior to the signing of this act, military women (save for nurses) were sent home after each conflict. Many were not treated as veterans who served their nation, but like civilians. They were often denied the rights and benefits afforded to men who'd served beside them, simply because of their gender. The act "deemed women essential to war efforts and allowed them to serve in the regular armed forces full time," (Missina Schallus, VA news).

Women have served in conflicts and wars throughout America's history, including the Civil War and the Revolutionary War, in positions as nurses and support staff (and even as spies!).

The VA notes, "Currently, Women Veterans Recognition Day is a state-recognized commemoration. This year, the states of Alaska, California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah... and Wisconsin will recognize" it, as will the Virgin Islands.

With that in mind, today and every day we salute women veterans, regardless of when, where, how or how long they served, or whether they reside in a state that recognizes the holiday. Thank you all.