Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 1473 Roy Racy
VFW Post #1473 — Spirit Lake, ID. Service and a meeting hall — Spirit Lake.
- VFW Post #1473
- Spirit Lake, ID
In 1928 a handful of veterans chartered Post 1473 — Spirit Lake, ID. From that first meeting the post grew into a hall that still marks the year with a memorial service, a community project, and a table full of people who know one another’s stories.
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 first Thursday at 7:00 PM, at the hall — Spirit Lake. 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 — Spirit Lake, ID. 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 — Spirit Lake, ID.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Post 1473 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few comrades who know the ceremony — Spirit Lake, ID.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The post leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Spirit Lake, ID.
98
Years on the calendar — Spirit Lake
Charter story set in 1928
90 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
14
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sat, Mar 7, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 1473 Roy Racy, 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 — Spirit Lake, ID. |
| Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The comrades spend a Saturday on the small repairs the post has been putting off. |
| 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 1473 Roy Racy. 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 — Spirit Lake, ID.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Spirit Lake
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 1473 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 — Spirit Lake.
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 — Spirit Lake, ID.
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 1473 — Spirit Lake, ID. 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 — Spirit Lake, ID.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Spirit Lake, ID. VFW Post 1473 Roy Racy. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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