Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 8793
VFW Post #8793 — Ellenburg Dep, NY. Service and a meeting hall — Ellenburg Dep.
- VFW Post #8793
- Ellenburg Dep, NY
VFW Post 8793. Its post has met since 1923 — Ellenburg Dep, NY. 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 second Tuesday at 7:00 PM, at the hall — Ellenburg Dep. 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 — Ellenburg Dep, NY. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Community
Community table
Once a month the post sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Ellenburg Dep, NY.
Veterans
Veteran support
VFW Post 8793. Each year the post sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Ellenburg Dep, NY.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Post 8793 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few comrades who know the ceremony — Ellenburg Dep, NY.
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Years on the calendar — Ellenburg Dep
Charter story set in 1923
190 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
32
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 8793, 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 — Ellenburg Dep, NY. |
| Tue, Apr 14, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the post — Ellenburg Dep. |
| Wed, Jun 17, 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 8793. 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 Memorial Day wreath on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Ellenburg Dep, NY.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the Memorial Day wreath — Ellenburg Dep
By spring the hall had the Memorial Day wreath underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 8793 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 — Ellenburg Dep.
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 — Ellenburg Dep, NY.
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 8793 — Ellenburg Dep, NY. 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 — Ellenburg Dep, NY.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Ellenburg Dep, NY. VFW Post 8793. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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