Now hear this... from the Commander

Welcome to our new post web site.

I hope our members, family and friends will come to use the site to find out more about local events and items of local interest as well as use this site to search the internet for VFW related information.

If you have any suggestions for content to add to our site, that would make it more useful to our membership, please contact our webmaster.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all members for all their hard work during the last year. We are only 8 members away from having 100% membership goal for 2008.

Yours in Comradeship
Bill Moore
Post Commander

POST NEWS
Updates on Events & Happenings
 

Town of Red Hook Public Hearing Notice - 12-02-08 Local Law Cold War Vets
 

Saturday, October 25, 2008
Men's Aux Clam Bake - Promotion Flyer

Saturday, October 11, 2008
200/20 Week Club Dinner
Promotion Flyer
 

Red Hook Post 7765 receives
tribute from 104th Military Police

VFW Post 7765 - September 30
First Annual Golf Championship Scramble
 

Red Hook Post Life Member Phillip E. Ackert
awarded Purple Heart after 56 years

See VFW members attending 104th MP Homecoming

3/16/08 St. Patrick's Day VFW Corned Beef Dinner

Breaking Local Military News...
(Articles culled from local media - direct links to source pages approved)

• 7/11/08 - Poughkeepsie Journal
  Soldier to be laid to rest today

• 7/10/08 - Poughkeepsie Journal
  Saluting a fallen hero

• 7/1/08 - Poughkeepsie Journal
  Local soldier honored in Dutchess, Afghanistan

• 6/30/08 - Poughkeepsie Journal
  Dutchess County Soldier dies in Afghanistan

• 6/23/08 - Daily Freeman
  Guard members are saluted

• 4/13/08 - Daily Freeman
  Couple documents town's service in war

• 3/14/08 - MidHudson News
  Returning troops given heroes' welcome

• 3/14/08 - Daily Freeman
  Kingston hails guard unit upon return from Iraq

• 3/14/08 - Poughkeepsie Journal
  Valley gives Iraq vets a hero's welcome

• 3/13/08 - Daily Freeman
  Guard unit to be welcomed home from Iraq

Constitution of the Veterans of Foreign Wars

The objectives of the Veterans of Foreign Wars are
Fraternal, Patriotic, Historical and Educational;
To preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members;
To assist worthy comrades;
To perpetuate the memory and history of our dead,
And to assist their widows and orphans;
To maintain true allegiance to the Government
of the United States of America,
And fidelity to its Constitution and laws;
To foster true patriotism;
To maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom;
And to preserve and defend the United States from all her enemies,
Whomsoever