In 1899, a Post began in Denver, Colorado. The VFW name was created on September 17, 1914 at a conference at the Schenley Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The new organization was a merger of two prior veterans organizations, both beginning in 
1899: the American Veterans of Foreign Service and the National Society of the Army of the Philippines.  On May 28, 1936, by an act of the United States Congress, the VFW became a government-chartered non-profit organization.

A second set of contacts is on the back side so the lower part can be trimmed off and the remaining rectangular logo can be flush mounted on the surface of a building. We have included a set of peel and stick overlays to create a custom Post number for your VFW sign.