Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 2265 Iowa Darwin Merritt
VFW Post #2265 — Red Oak, IA. Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Post 2265, meeting — Red Oak, IA.
- VFW Post #2265
- Red Oak, IA
In 1938 a handful of veterans chartered Post 2265 — Red Oak, IA. From that first meeting the post grew into a hall that still marks the year with a memorial service, a community project, and a table full of people who know one another’s stories.
The work is ordinary and steady. A flag detail at a funeral. A winter drive that fills a corner of the hall with gifts. A scholarship evening where the comrades hand an envelope to a student and then go back to the coffee. None of it is loud. All of it is the point of the charter.
Meetings are the first Thursday at 7:00 PM, at the hall — Red Oak. This page is a sample so neighbors can see the shape of the work. The group itself has not claimed the page, so the stories here are an illustration, written in the voice the post might use.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Red Oak, IA. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Post 2265 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few comrades who know the ceremony — Red Oak, IA.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The post leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Red Oak, IA.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the post awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Red Oak, IA.
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Years on the calendar — Red Oak
Charter story set in 1938
40 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
21
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 2265 Iowa Darwin Merritt, written here as the first Thursday at 7:00 PM. Confirm with the group before you travel. |
| Mon, May 25, 2026, 11:00 AM | Memorial Day observance | A half-hour observance, then coffee at the hall. The comrades read the names they have been given — Red Oak, IA. |
| Wed, Apr 8, 2026, 6:00 PM | Community table | A long table at the hall. Veterans first, neighbors welcome, and the comrades bring the food. |
| Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 6:30 PM | Installation of officers | The post installs the new officers for the year and thanks the ones stepping down. Names in this sample are role labels, not the real officers. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
VFW Post 2265 Iowa Darwin Merritt. The year opens the usual way: a short meeting, a full pot of coffee, and a list of local families the post already knows. The comrades voted to keep a Saturday of hall repairs on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Red Oak, IA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — Red Oak
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 2265 set a date, split the jobs, and showed up. A few neighbors who are not members came for the afternoon and stayed to ask about the next meeting — Red Oak.
Aug 21, 2026
What the notebook says so far
Late summer the post looked back at the notebook. The honor detail had been out more than once, the community table had fed a crowded room, and the officers reminded everyone that the next business meeting is the first Thursday at 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the post might tell that year — Red Oak, IA.
Officers
Officers
Commander
Senior Vice Commander
Quartermaster
Chaplain
Adjutant
Membership
Become a member
Eligible veterans and their families are welcome at a meeting of Post 2265 — Red Oak, IA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the first Thursday at 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Red Oak, IA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Red Oak, IA. VFW Post 2265 Iowa Darwin Merritt. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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