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The Veterans of Foreign Wars ( VFW ), formally the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, is a patriotic organization of U.S. war veterans who fought in wars, campaigns, and expeditions on foreign land, waters, or airspace as military service members. [5] [7] Established on September 29, 1899, in Columbus, Ohio, [8] the VFW is ...
The order (originally known as the Military Order of the Cootie, U.S.A.) was established on September 17, 1920, in Washington, D.C., by Fred C. Madden and F. L. Gransbury. The organization was modeled after the Imperial Order of the Dragon, an auxiliary to the United Spanish American War Veterans. The name "cootie" is a reference to the lice ...
Veterans of Future Wars (VFW) was a satirical political organization initially created as a prank by Princeton University students in 1936. The group was conceived as a parody of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the movement for early payment of a bonus to veterans of World War I that had been originally scheduled for disbursement in 1945 when ...
Keith William Nolan (May 7, 1964 – February 19, 2009) was an American military historian, focusing on the various campaigns of the Vietnam War. [1] He was born in Webster Groves, Missouri, and lived in southeastern Missouri as well as in the St. Louis suburbs. Nolan’s father, William Francis Nolan, was the son of an Irish immigrant father ...
Henry C. Welles. Henry Carter Welles (May 13, 1821 – July 7, 1868) was an American druggist and businessman. He is thought of as one of the founders of Memorial Day, along with former Union General John B. Murray. [1] Welles was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, in 1821 to Henry and Sila Welles. She was a distant cousin of her husband and ...
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October 20, 2020. Nisei Memorial VFW Post 8985 was founded in 1947 by Japanese-American World War II veterans of the 442nd RCT and the Military Intelligence Service in Sacramento, California. Its members would form the first of 14 segregated Nisei VFW posts chartered in California. The post's clubhouse, originally built as a restaurant, was ...
Vancouver Fashion Week (VFW) is a prestigious fashion event held biannually in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 2001, VFW has evolved into a global platform showcasing a diverse array of emerging and established designers from around the world.