Local VFW Chapter Earns Kentucky's Highest Honor

Edmonson Voice Report:
Local VFW Chapter 6932 has earned the title of All-State Post, according to a released statement from the post.​

The local chapter said that All-State is the highest award which the Department of Kentucky presents, which means that throughout the year, the local post met the highest standards for service to the community, patriotic activities, and recruiting new members. 

"Our Post is known for conducting veteran burial honors, flag training for our 4th graders, volunteering hundreds and hundreds of hours of community service, providing firing details and honor guards for public events, patriotic writing contests for Middle Schoolers, Patriotic speaking for high schoolers, and participation in Veterans Day activities at the High School," the release stated.

They also said "The VFW is our nation’s largest organization of combat veterans.  Membership eligibility is based on overseas service in time of war.  Veterans of the Spanish American War returned home with no safety nets for their sick, wounded, and fallen so the first VFW group organized itself above a dry cleaning store in Ohio in order to care for their sick and wounded, remember their fallen, and do good works in the community.  By the time the Doughboys returned from WWI, a strong nation-wide VFW had helped establish a rudimentary VA.  By the time the GI’s returned from WWII, the VFW helped establish the GI Bill."

Brownsville VFW Post 6937 meets on the third Monday night of each month at 6:30 pm at the Brownsville Public Library.

"If you are a US veteran who has served overseas in time of war, please consider joining us.  This next year, long serving Post Commander Edwin Vincent (an Air Force Gulf War veteran) will be turning over command of the Post to Freeman Ramey (a Marine Beirut veteran)."