Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 4283 Major Francis E Dade
VFW Post #4283 — Dade City, FL. A post since 1953 — Dade City, FL.
- VFW Post #4283
- Dade City, FL
In 1953 a handful of veterans chartered Post 4283 — Dade City, FL. 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.
The meeting line says the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM, which is the rhythm the directory lists. Come for the business, stay for the people. The portraits and the posts here are sample material, standing in until the post writes its own — Dade City, FL.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Dade City, FL. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the post awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Dade City, FL.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The post leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Dade City, FL.
Veterans
Veteran support
VFW Post 4283 Major Francis E Dade. Each year the post sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Dade City, FL.
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Years on the calendar — Dade City
Charter story set in 1953
80 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
19
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sun, Mar 22, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 4283 Major Francis E Dade, written here as the second Tuesday 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 — Dade City, FL. |
| Thu, Apr 9, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The comrades spend a Saturday on the small repairs the post has been putting off. |
| Thu, Jun 4, 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 4283 Major Francis E Dade. 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 — Dade City, FL.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — Dade City
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 4283 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 — Dade City.
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 second Tuesday at 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the post might tell that year — Dade City, FL.
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 4283 — Dade City, FL. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Dade City, FL.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Dade City, FL. VFW Post 4283 Major Francis E Dade. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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