Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 6401 Wyandotte County Memorial
VFW Post #6401 — Kansas City, KS. Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Post 6401, meeting — Kansas City, KS.
- VFW Post #6401
- Kansas City, KS
VFW Post 6401 Wyandotte County Memorial. Its post has met since 1927 — Kansas City, KS. 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.
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 first Thursday 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 — Kansas City, KS.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Kansas City, KS. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Veterans
Veteran support
VFW Post 6401 Wyandotte County Memorial. Each year the post sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Kansas City, KS.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Post 6401 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Kansas City, KS.
Community
Community table
Once a month the post sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Kansas City, KS.
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Years on the calendar — Kansas City
Charter story set in 1927
160 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
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Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sun, Mar 8, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 6401 Wyandotte County Memorial, 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 — Kansas City, KS. |
| Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The comrades spend a Saturday on the small repairs the post has been putting off. |
| Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Post 6401. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
VFW Post 6401 Wyandotte County Memorial. 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 — Kansas City, KS.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — Kansas City
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 6401 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 — Kansas 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 first Thursday at 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the post might tell that year — Kansas City, KS.
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 6401 — Kansas City, KS. 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 — Kansas City, KS.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Kansas City, KS. VFW Post 6401 Wyandotte County Memorial. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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