Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 3009
VFW Post #3009 — Mountain View, MO. A post since 1958 — Mountain View, MO.
- VFW Post #3009
- Mountain View, MO
In 1958 a handful of veterans chartered Post 3009 — Mountain View, MO. 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.
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 second Tuesday at 7:00 PM, at the hall — Mountain View. 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 — Mountain View, MO. 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 — Mountain View, MO.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Post 3009 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few comrades who know the ceremony — Mountain View, MO.
Veterans
Veteran support
VFW Post 3009. Each year the post sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Mountain View, MO.
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Years on the calendar — Mountain View
Charter story set in 1958
170 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
34
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sun, Mar 15, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 3009, 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 — Mountain View, MO. |
| Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The comrades spend a Saturday on the small repairs the post has been putting off. |
| Fri, Jun 19, 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 3009. 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 — Mountain View, MO.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — Mountain View
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 3009 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 — Mountain View.
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 — Mountain View, MO.
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 3009 — Mountain View, MO. 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 — Mountain View, MO.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Mountain View, MO. VFW Post 3009. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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