Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 8440
VFW Post #8440 — Bridgeport, NY. Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Post 8440, meeting — Bridgeport, NY.
- VFW Post #8440
- Bridgeport, NY
In 1921 a handful of veterans chartered Post 8440 — Bridgeport, NY. 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.
The meeting line says the third Wednesday at 6:30 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 — Bridgeport, NY.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Bridgeport, NY. 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 — Bridgeport, NY.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the post awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Bridgeport, NY.
Community
Community table
Once a month the post sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Bridgeport, NY.
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Years on the calendar — Bridgeport
Charter story set in 1921
200 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
17
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 8440, written here as the third Wednesday at 6:30 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 — Bridgeport, NY. |
| Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the post — Bridgeport. |
| Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Post 8440. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
VFW Post 8440. 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 Memorial Day wreath on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Bridgeport, NY.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the Memorial Day wreath — Bridgeport
By spring the hall had the Memorial Day wreath underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 8440 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 — Bridgeport.
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 third Wednesday at 6:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the post might tell that year — Bridgeport, NY.
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 8440 — Bridgeport, NY. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Bridgeport, NY.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Bridgeport, NY. VFW Post 8440. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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