Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 2059 Michael W Elben
VFW Post #2059 — San Antonio, TX. Service and a meeting hall — San Antonio.
- VFW Post #2059
- San Antonio, TX
VFW Post 2059 Michael W Elben, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Post 2059 — San Antonio, TX. The post dates to 1959, 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.
Meetings are the first Thursday at 7:00 PM, at the hall — San Antonio. 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 — San Antonio, TX. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The post leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — San Antonio, TX.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Post 2059 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few comrades who know the ceremony — San Antonio, TX.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Post 2059 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — San Antonio, TX.
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Years on the calendar — San Antonio
Charter story set in 1959
50 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
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Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sat, Mar 7, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 2059 Michael W Elben, 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 — San Antonio, TX. |
| Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The comrades spend a Saturday on the small repairs the post has been putting off. |
| Fri, Jun 5, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Post 2059. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
VFW Post 2059 Michael W Elben. 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 — San Antonio, TX.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — San Antonio
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 2059 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 — San Antonio.
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 — San Antonio, TX.
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 2059 — San Antonio, TX. 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 — San Antonio, TX.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — San Antonio, TX. VFW Post 2059 Michael W Elben. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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