Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 5948 Tehachapi Mountain
VFW Post #5948 — Tehachapi, CA. Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Post 5948, meeting — Tehachapi, CA.
- VFW Post #5948
- Tehachapi, CA
VFW Post 5948 Tehachapi Mountain. Its post has met since 1960 — Tehachapi, CA. The charter came in the years after the Second World War and Korea, 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 second Tuesday at 7:00 PM, at the hall — Tehachapi. 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 — Tehachapi, CA. 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 5948 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few comrades who know the ceremony — Tehachapi, CA.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The post leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Tehachapi, CA.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the post awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Tehachapi, CA.
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Years on the calendar — Tehachapi
Charter story set in 1960
50 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
12
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 5948 Tehachapi Mountain, 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 — Tehachapi, CA. |
| Sun, Apr 19, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The comrades spend a Saturday on the small repairs the post has been putting off. |
| Sun, Jun 14, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Post 5948. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
VFW Post 5948 Tehachapi Mountain. 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 — Tehachapi, CA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — Tehachapi
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 5948 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 — Tehachapi.
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 — Tehachapi, CA.
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 5948 — Tehachapi, CA. 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 — Tehachapi, CA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Tehachapi, CA. VFW Post 5948 Tehachapi Mountain. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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