VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPT OF MISSOURI
EIN 43-6097848 · Commemorative Events (A84)
What they do
THE VFW WAS ESTABLISHED to ASSIST VETERANS. OUR MISSION is to FOSTER CAMARADERIE AMONG UNITED STATES VETERANS of OVERSEAS CONFLICTS and to SERVE OUR VETERANS, THE MILITARY and OUR COMMUNITIES and ADVOCATE ON BEHALF of ALL VETERANS. THE PURPOSES of THE VETERANS of FOREIGN WARS of THE UNITED STATES ARE FRATERNAL, PATRIOTIC, HISTORICAL, CHARITABLE, 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 SURVIVING SPOUSES and ORPHANS; to MAINTAIN TRUE ALLEGIANCE to THE GOVERNMENT of THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA, and FIDELITY to ITS INSTITUTIONS of AMERICAN FREEDOM, and to PRESERVE and DEFEND THE UNITED STATES FROM ALL HER ENEMIES.
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ContactLeonard Smith
In care of% LARRY STEWART
Mailing address1804 N COMMERCIAL ST, HARRISONVILLE, MO 64701-1266
Main phone(816) 380-4284Source: Form 990 public record. Confirm details with the nonprofit before visiting or sending anything.
Represent this organization?Claim this nonprofit to change contact informationAbout this charity
- Recognized since
- August 1967
- County
- Cass
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