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It’s possible that they (VFW) awarded certain “in house” things to their members for actions taken during certain events.

I was a member of the American Legion back around the 2006-2007 period before I quickly soured on their membership vetting.

As an example of this I was awarded an American Legion Medal of Valor in 2007, they put on a big event in Sturbridge with chow, drinks, family members etc for Massachusetts’ first responders each year who they wanted to recognize. It was nice of them to go all out and the families were all happy and excited to see their loved ones recognized.

So this may be a long standing event for them that dates way back to those times listed, and your relative was being recognized at an event for some type of action he had recently taken.

[QUOTE="cams, post: 6651005, member: 44897"] It’s possible that they (VFW) awarded certain “in house” things to their members for actions taken during certain events. I was a member of the American Legion back around the 2006-2007 period before I quickly soured on their membership vetting. As an example of this I was awarded an American Legion Medal of Valor in 2007, they put on a big event in Sturbridge with chow, drinks, family members etc for Massachusetts’ first responders each year who they wanted to recognize. It was nice of them to go all out and the families were all happy and excited to see their loved ones recognized. So this may be a long standing event for them that dates way back to those times listed, and your relative was being recognized at an event for some type of action he had recently taken. [/QUOTE]

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