Our purpose
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is a national association of men and women who as soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen served this Nation in wars, campaigns, and expeditions on foreign soil or in hostile waters. The VFW is a federally chartered corporation.
The purposes of the VFW are fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational, and are:
* to foster camaraderie amoung veterans of overseas conflicts;
* to serve and assist our veterans, the military and our communities
* to advocate on behalf of all veterans
* to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their widows and orphans;
* to maintain true allegiance to the government of the United States, and fidelity to its constitution and laws;
* to foster true patriotism;
* to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; and
* to preserve and defend the United States from all enemies