Department of Minnesota Veterans of Foreign Wars

About the Veterans of Foreign Wars:

• “We trace our roots back to 1899 when veterans of the Spanish-American War (1898) and the Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902) founded local organizations to secure rights and benefits for their service”
• The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is a national, non-partisan, non-secretarian organization composed exclusively of citizens who have seen “foreign service” in the United States Armed Forces.
• Nationally, there are members of nearly 10,000 posts located in all States, District of Columbia, the Canal Zone, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Okinawa, Puerto, Rico, Samoa, Taiwan and Thailand.
• The V.F.W. is organized on four principal levels…the Post, District, Department (State) and National. The local unit is the Post. Communities have one to several Posts. All Posts in one or more counties are in a District, these are under the direct supervision of the Departments (State).

The Department of Minnesota, VFW serves Minnesota veterans, servicemembers, their families, and our communities

• More than 21,000 members, 208 posts, organized into nine districts