Winterset VFW Post 8142

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, a national association of men and women who as soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen served this nation in wars, campaigns and expeditions on foreign soil or in hostile waters, is a federally chartered corporation.

The purposes of the corporation are fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable and educational, and are:
1. To preserve and strengthen comradeship among it's members.
2. To assist worthy comrades.
3. To perpetuate the memory and history of our dead and to assist their widows and orphans.
4. To maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States and fidelity to it's Constitution and laws.
5. To foster true patriotism.
6. To maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom.
7. To preserve and defend the United States from all enemies.