Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 2562
VFW Post #2562 — Silver Spring, MD. Service and a meeting hall — Silver Spring.
- VFW Post #2562
- Silver Spring, MD
VFW Post 2562. Its post has met since 1923 — Silver Spring, MD. The charter came in the years after the World Wars, 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 meeting line says the second Tuesday 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 — Silver Spring, MD.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Silver Spring, MD. 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 — Silver Spring, MD.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The post leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Silver Spring, MD.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Post 2562 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Silver Spring, MD.
103
Years on the calendar — Silver Spring
Charter story set in 1923
50 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
24
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 2562, 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 — Silver Spring, MD. |
| Wed, Apr 8, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The comrades spend a Saturday on the small repairs the post has been putting off. |
| Tue, Jun 9, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Post 2562. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
VFW Post 2562. 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 a Saturday of hall repairs on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Silver Spring, MD.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — Silver Spring
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 2562 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 — Silver Spring.
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 — Silver Spring, MD.
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 2562 — Silver Spring, MD. 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 — Silver Spring, MD.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Silver Spring, MD. VFW Post 2562. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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