Brownsville VFW Post Awarded with All American Designation

Courtesy of Brownsville VFW 6937

Edmonson Voice Report:
VFW National Headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri notified Edmonson County’s own VFW Post 6937 Commander Edwin Vincent on Tuesday that his Post had been selected for their highest honor – designation as an All-American Post.  Last month, the VFW Department of Kentucky designated the Post as All-State, an honor shared by only a few other Kentucky Posts.  Post Commander Vincent will receive the honor in Louisville later this month.  This is the fifth time the Brownsville Post has been awarded All American, with 2024 being the third consecutive year.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars was established after veterans of the 1898 War with Spain returned to the United States bearing wounds and illnesses (primarily Yellow Fever), as well as the burden of taking care of the widows and orphans of their wartime comrades for which the nation at that time had absolutely no safety net.  They initially organized locally but by 1915 they became a nationwide organization which helped establish a fledgling VA by the time the Doughboys returned from WWI.  Before WWII was concluded, they helped establish the GI Bill and they have been in the forefront of national legislative, as well as practical local efforts to help veterans ever since.
 
"Here in Edmonson County, VFW Post 6937 is most visible to the community in conducting burial honors for veterans, conducting flag training, patriotic speaking and writing contests in the schools, as well as providing honors at significant community events, such as the Memorial Day ceremony in the Courthouse square, and they will participate in the 2018 Edmonson County Fair Parade later this September," said local VFW Spokesperson Lt. Col. Floyd Houston (ret). "Our Post meets on the third Monday of each month at 6:30 pm at the Edmonson County Library.  If you are an Honorably discharged veteran with a campaign medal from any overseas conflict, please join us."