Livermore Valley Post
In 1936 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into legislation the National Congressional Charter for the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. On May 26, 1946 the Livermore Valley Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Post 7265 was officially recognized as a congressional chartered organization. In 2021 we celebrated 75 years as an official congressionally chartered origination.
The first Veterans of Foreign Wars Post formed in Livermore was formed in 1922 and was known as the CPL Peter Beyer Post 1010. CPL Beyer was a Livermore native killed in action during the First World War. The Post continued in Livermore until 1927 when it was moved to Emeryville, California. Some of the men the old post became members of the new Livermore Valley Post 7265 in 1946. The original Charter Member roster consisted of roughly around 170 men. Today, one member remains Keith Anderson, WWII Navy veteran. Today’s Post has roughly 100 men and women who have served in conflicts ranging from WWII to Vietnam. The Middle East to include Iraqi and Afghanistan. And the Korean conflict along with the continuing defense of the Korean Peninsula.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is a nonprofit veterans service organization comprised of eligible veterans and military service members from the active, guard and reserve forces.
We trace our roots back to 1899 when veterans of the Spanish-American War (1898) and the Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902) founded local organizations to secure rights and benefits for their service. Many arrived home wounded or sick. There was no medical care or veterans' pension for them, and they were left to care for themselves.
In their misery, some of these veterans banded together and formed organizations that would eventually band together and become known as the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. After chapters were formed in Ohio, Colorado and Pennsylvania, the movement quickly gained momentum. Today, membership stands at more than 1.5 million members of the VFW and its Auxiliary.
Our voice was instrumental in establishing the Veterans Administration, development of the national cemetery system, in the fight for compensation for Vietnam vets exposed to Agent Orange and for veterans diagnosed with Gulf War Syndrome. In 2008, we won a long-fought victory with the passing of a GI Bill for the 21st Century, giving expanded educational benefits to America's active duty service members, and members of the guard and reserves, fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. We were the driving force behind the Veterans Access and Accountability Act of 2014, and continually fight for improved VA medical centers services for women veterans.
Besides helping fund the creation of the Vietnam, Korean War, World War II and Women in Military Service memorials, in 2005 the VFW became the first veterans' organization to contribute to building the new Disabled Veterans for Life Memorial, which opened in November 2010. And in 2015, we became the first supporter of the National Desert Storm War Memorial which is planned for construction at our nation's capital.
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