Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 3271 Oscar F Haug
VFW Post #3271 — Clayton, NM. A post since 1936 — Clayton, NM.
- VFW Post #3271
- Clayton, NM
VFW Post 3271 Oscar F Haug. Its post has met since 1936 — Clayton, NM. The charter came in the years after the World Wars, and the comrades who stayed treated the monthly meeting as a standing promise: show up, look after one another, and leave the town a little better.
Over the years the post has taken on the jobs a town actually asks for: rides to a clinic, a meal after a funeral, help with a ramp, a speaker for a school program. The comrades keep a notebook of what got done and what is still open, and they read it aloud before the meeting adjourns.
Meetings are the first Thursday at 7:00 PM, at the hall — Clayton. 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 — Clayton, NM. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Honor detail
Scholarship evening
Veteran support
90
Years on the calendar — Clayton
90 hours
Given to local projects
36
Neighbors helped
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 3271 Oscar F Haug, 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 — Clayton, NM. |
| Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The comrades spend a Saturday on the small repairs the post has been putting off. |
| Mon, Jun 15, 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 3271 Oscar F Haug. 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 the spring scholarship on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Clayton, NM. - Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — Clayton
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 3271 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 — Clayton. - 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 — Clayton, NM.
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 3271 — Clayton, NM. 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 — Clayton, NM.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Clayton, NM. VFW Post 3271 Oscar F Haug. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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