VFW Department of New Jersey, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Department — NJ. The post dates to 1951, when veterans home from the Second World War and Korea wanted a room of their own and a way to keep serving after the uniform came off.
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 — NJ.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — NJ. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Business meeting of VFW Department of New Jersey, 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 — NJ.
Wed, Apr 8, 2026, 6:00 PM
Community table
A long table at the hall. Veterans first, neighbors welcome, and the comrades bring the food.
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 Department of New Jersey. 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 — NJ.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — NJ
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Department 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 — NJ.
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 — NJ.
Officers
Officers
Commander
Senior Vice Commander
Quartermaster
Chaplain
Adjutant
Membership
Become a member
Eligible veterans and their families are welcome at a meeting of Department — NJ. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the first Thursday at 7:00 PM.
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — NJ. VFW Department of New Jersey. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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