Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 1148
VFW Post #1148 — Bowling Green, OH. A post since 1953 — Bowling Green, OH.
- VFW Post #1148
- Bowling Green, OH
VFW Post 1148. Its post has met since 1953 — Bowling Green, OH. 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.
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 regular meeting is the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM. Anyone planning to visit should confirm the night before they come, because a funeral detail or a weather delay can move it. Between meetings the comrades stay in touch the old way: at the hall, and through the officers listed on this sample site — Bowling Green, OH.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Bowling Green, OH. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the post awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Bowling Green, OH.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Post 1148 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few comrades who know the ceremony — Bowling Green, OH.
Veterans
Veteran support
VFW Post 1148. Each year the post sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Bowling Green, OH.
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Years on the calendar — Bowling Green
Charter story set in 1953
140 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
29
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 1148, 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 — Bowling Green, OH. |
| Thu, Apr 9, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the post — Bowling Green. |
| Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Post 1148. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
VFW Post 1148. 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 winter gift drive on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Bowling Green, OH.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Bowling Green
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 1148 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 — Bowling Green.
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 — Bowling Green, OH.
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 1148 — Bowling Green, OH. 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 — Bowling Green, OH.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Bowling Green, OH. VFW Post 1148. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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