VFW Post 2511

06/01/2026

The VFW marks PTSD Awareness Month by reminding veterans they are never alone, promoting vital lifelines, and fighting for expanded mental health care.

05/27/2026

🎉 TRIPLE THE FUN THIS WEDNESDAY AT VFW POST 2511! 🎉

🃏 Poker League Season 4 kicks off TOMORROW night!
Think you’ve got the best poker face in Porter? 😎♠️

🎱 BAR BINGO is back too!
Because nothing says “living dangerously” like yelling BINGO with a cheeseburger in one hand and a cold drink in the other 🍔🍻

🐴 And now add some friendly Co-Ed Horseshoes starting at 6PM!
Bragging rights are on the line! 💪

📍 VFW Post 2511 – Porter, IN
🕕 Starts at 6PM
✅ Open to the public
🍔 Full kitchen menu available
🎉 Good friends, good laughs, and maybe even good luck!

Come early, grab your seat, and let’s make Season 4 one to remember! ♠️♥️♣️♦️

05/26/2026

Memorial Day 2026

05/25/2026

All gave some, some gave all. Today is about our brothers and sisters that gave it all when it mattered most. Honor, respect, and remember their sacrifices. our Memorial Day service will be at our post at 3pm. Have a blessed day.

05/23/2026

We wish to thank our members and our Brothers & Sisters at the Post 170 American Legion, Chesterton, IN for hosting us for Memorial Day flag placements at Chesterton & St. Pat's Cemetery for our . Home of the Free because of the Brave.

05/22/2026

Hope to see many familiar faces.

Porter Park Department to host Memorial Day observation at Hawthorne Park on Monday May 25

The Porter Park Department is cordially inviting the community to its annual Memorial Day ceremony.

That ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, May 25, in front of the Community Building in Hawthorne Park, 500 Ackerman Drive.

The program will feature wreath presentations, readings, and reflections as well as music performed by select members of the CHS band program. Representatives of the towns of Burns Harbor, Chesterton, and Porter will also be in attendance.

The program will be held outdoors but will be moved inside the Community Building in the event of inclement weather.

For more information, contact the Porter Park Department at [email protected] or 219-983-1042.

05/22/2026

It's National Poppy Day. We'll be distributing Poppies out during our fish fry today.

05/22/2026

It’s Memorial Day weekend. Start it right with our fish fry.

Enjoy a downright delicious FISH FRY at VFW 2511 TOMORROW Friday May 22

If you haven’t ever visited the weekly fish fry at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2511—or you haven’t recently—then why not try the next one, from 5 to 8 p.m. TOMORROW, Friday, May 22?

VFW Post 2511 is located at 1290 Wagner Road, Porter.

Menu choices abound and it’s all so darn good!

*AYCE pollack (no carryouts): $18.
*Five-piece: $16.
*Three-piece: $13.
*Kids two-piece: $11.
*Lake perch: $20.
*Cheeseburger: $10.50.
*Jumbo shrimp: $16.
*Popcorn shrimp: $12.
*Catfish: $17.
*Frog legs: $18.
*Chicken strips: $11.
*Appetizers: $8.50.

All dinners come with fries or a baked potato PLUS one trip to the salad bar!

05/20/2026

Find our banner on the corner of Calumet and Broadway.

05/20/2026

Mark your calendar, Phoenix RiZing 219 is coming back!