The Veterans of Foreign Wars has a rich tradition of serving veterans,
military families and their local communities.
That the purpose of this Corporation shall be
fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational: 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 of
America, 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 her enemies.