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Home Depot volunteers to improve Lisle VFW
Lisle :: IL :: USA | 9 months ago
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W Troops of volunteers will descend upon the Ross Bishop VFW Post 5696 on Tuesday, Sept. 11. The Lisle VFW received a $12,000 grant from the Home Depot Foundation s Celebration of Service to build a deck/outdoor classroom to benefit its veterans. The
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Veterans groups look to gambling to keep their posts running
Mokena :: IL :: USA | 9 months ago
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Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media It was a quiet night on a recent Wednesday at the Mokena Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 725 bar only eight to 10 people stopped in for a cold one and to watch football on a big screen. Before the post's electronic game
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Tavern owners, private clubs file federal court challenge to smoking ban
Evansville :: IN :: USA | 11 months ago
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With a state appeal in process and federal lawsuits filed Friday, Evansville tavern owners and private club owners see themselves advancing on two fronts in a battle against the city's indoor smoking ban. Now it's just a waiting game. "We'll take it
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New female post commander reflects VFW changes
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | 1 year ago
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Dolores "Dee" Padgett remembers coming home from Vietnam in 1967 to the cold reception that awaited returning veterans of an unpopular war. That sense of rejection extended to a place that could have provided solace Veterans of Foreign Wars posts
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Bales family receives support from local VFW
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 1 year ago
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Staff writer Published April 28, 2012 Kari Bales and her two young children stayed hidden in plain sight at the Daffodil Parade on April 14. They were among about a dozen people waving at the crowd from a float entered by Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Murphy: New approach to helping vets on tap at renovated VFW post
Baghdad :: Iraq | over 1 year ago
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It's disassembled and discarded, in a pile of junk on the floor. It's a symbol of the change underway at the nation's oldest Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter, now moving into a building being renovated at 4300 Pecos St...When it opens in the spring,
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VFW post smoking case put on hold
Bowling Green :: KY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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The Daily News, jstory@bgdailynews.com /783-3256 Wednesday, November 23, 2011 11:14 AM CST The Bowling Green Code Enforcement Board will wait for a court ruling on its decision to uphold a citation against American Legion Post 23 for violating the
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VFW posts fight a battle to maintain membership
Baghdad :: Iraq | over 1 year ago
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But the loss of the old guard in the organization has opened up leadership roles in Pennsylvania for a new era of soldiers from Desert Storm to Afghanistan. The VFW in Allegheny County elected Jason Miller of Millvale, 34, as the youngest district
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VFW is cited for smoking violation
Bowling Green :: KY :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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The Daily News, jstory@bgdailynews.com /783-3256 Tuesday, August 9, 2011 11:27 AM CDT Police cited Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1298 on Sunday for violating the city's ordinance against smoking, but the post intends to appeal the citation and $25
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Posts reach out to younger members as time cuts WWII links
Brownsburg :: IN :: USA | 2 years ago
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When family and friends wanted to throw a surprise 90th birthday party for Wayne Stalcup, they reserved a banquet room at Brownsburg American Legion Post 331, where the retired attorney and Army veteran has been a member for more than 30 years. But
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