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, is a federally chartered corporation
The purpose of the VFW are fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational, and are:
* to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members;
* to assist worthy comrades;
* 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