VFW Luneta Post 52

WHO WE ARE

The membership of the VFW is made up of men and women who have served their country honorably in overseas engagements for which a campaign badge or medal has been authorized by the U.S. Government. No others may join. Eligibility cannot be purchased with money, power or influence. Membership is a coveted honor. There are no honorary memberships.

History:
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States traces its roots back to 1899.
That year, Veterans of the Spanish-American War (1898) and the Philippine
Insurrection (1899-1902) founded local organizations to secure rights and
benefits for their service. In Columbus, Ohio, they founded the American
Veterans of Foreign Service. In Denver Colo., they organized the Colorado
Society, Army of the Philippines.
In 1901, Philippine Veterans in Altoona and Pittsburgh, Penn., started the
Philippine War Veterans. The following year, Philadelphia, Penn., became the
home of the American Veterans of the Philippine and China Wars. In 1905, these
three groups merged with the American Veterans of Foreign Service.
In 1913, the American Veterans of Foreign Service was amalgamated with the
Colorado Society, Army of the Philippines and became the Army of the
Philippine-Cuba and Puerto Rico, then changed their name to the Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States.