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VFW Post 11 Distict	Post 11 · Farmer City, IL
VFW Post 99 Oren L Davis	Post 99 · Decatur, IL
VFW Post 143 Sherman J Sagadin	Post 143 · Orion, IL
VFW Post 311 Benjamin O Davis	Post 311 · Richton Park, IL
VFW Post 342 Colonel Thomas G Lawler	Post 342 · Rockford, IL
VFW Post 367 Cantigny	Post 367 · Joliet, IL
VFW Post 450 Alsip Memorial	Post 450 · Alsip, IL
VFW Post 454 John H Kraus	Post 454 · Bloomington, IL
VFW Post 503 Century	Post 503 · Downers Grove, IL
VFW Post 513 Duquoin	Post 513 · Du Quoin, IL
VFW Post 540 Horace F Ortt	Post 540 · Dixon, IL
VFW Post 630 Busey Fletcher Stillwell	Post 630 · Urbana, IL
VFW Post 725 William Martin	Post 725 · Mokena, IL
VFW Post 730 Wilson & Taylor Memorial	Post 730 · Decatur, IL
VFW Post 755 Lafore Lock	Post 755 · Springfield, IL
VFW Post 805 Sgt Charles A Fricke	Post 805 · Ofallon, IL
VFW Post 886 Pontiac	Post 886 · Urbana, IL
VFW Post 976 Stage Depot	Post 976 · Troy, IL
VFW Post 981 Arlington	Post 981 · Arlington Hts, IL
VFW Post 998 Moseley Loewe	Post 998 · Freeport, IL
VFW Post 1104 John L Meyer	Post 1104 · Carlinville, IL
VFW Post 1117 Caseyville Memorial	Post 1117 · Caseyville, IL
VFW Post 1197 Batavia Overseas	Post 1197 · Batavia, IL
VFW Post 1232 Roy L King	Post 1232 · Pekin, IL
VFW Post 1239 Guthrie Pierce	Post 1239 · Beardstown, IL
VFW Post 1241 Staunton	Post 1241 · Staunton, IL
VFW Post 1293 Smith Spaid	Post 1293 · Waukegan, IL
VFW Post 1301 Heyde-Pillow	Post 1301 · Marion, IL
VFW Post 1304 Liberty Memorial	Post 1304 · Stockton, IL
VFW Post 1307 Watch City	Post 1307 · Elgin, IL
VFW Post 1308 Russell E Dunham Memorial	Post 1308 · Alton, IL
VFW Post 1337 Prospect	Post 1337 · Mt Prospect, IL
VFW Post 1376 Mike Flanagan Memorial	Post 1376 · Mount Vernon, IL
VFW Post 1377 Bond County Memorial	Post 1377 · Greenville, IL
VFW Post 1422 Pierce Mcdonald	Post 1422 · Bushnell, IL
VFW Post 1461 John Hugo Kaiser	Post 1461 · Belvidere, IL
VFW Post 1486 Lewis P Schultz	Post 1486 · Sandwich, IL
VFW Post 1493 Frankfort Memorial	Post 1493 · Frankfort, IL
VFW Post 1559 Little Embry-Rainey	Post 1559 · Heyworth, IL
VFW Post 1567 Baker Ladd	Post 1567 · Herrin, IL
VFW Post 1571 Mercer County	Post 1571 · Aledo, IL
VFW Post 1578 Woodridge Memorial	Post 1578 · Woodridge, IL
VFW Post 1699 Chief Pontiac	Post 1699 · Cahokia, IL
VFW Post 1739 Belleville	Post 1739 · Belleville, IL
VFW Post 1756 Cronin Brothers	Post 1756 · Lincoln, IL
VFW Post 1769 Theodore Hoffman	Post 1769 · Effingham, IL
VFW Post 1921 Macomb	Post 1921 · Macomb, IL
VFW Post 1984 Canton	Post 1984 · Canton, IL
VFW Post 2024 Major Charles L Hunt	Post 2024 · Chicago, IL
VFW Post 2029 Milton Hill	Post 2029 · Arrowsmith, IL
VFW Post 2055 Centralia	Post 2055 · Centralia, IL
VFW Post 2061 Payson	Post 2061 · Barry, IL
VFW Post 2078 East Peoria	Post 2078 · East Peoria, IL
VFW Post 2131 Clifton Central	Post 2131 · Chebanse, IL
VFW Post 2149 Tioga	Post 2149 · Wood Dale, IL
VFW Post 2164 Du Page Memorial	Post 2164 · Wheaton, IL
VFW Post 2199 Stone City	Post 2199 · Joliet, IL
VFW Post 2202 William E Sarb	Post 2202 · Schaumburg, IL
VFW Post 2222 Glen Carbon	Post 2222 · Glen Carbon, IL
VFW Post 2223 Shaw Leavens	Post 2223 · Savanna, IL
VFW Post 2244 Ambraw	Post 2244 · Lawrenceville, IL
VFW Post 2245 Ronald Hill Memorial	Post 2245 · Grayslake, IL
VFW Post 2257 Knox County	Post 2257 · Galesburg, IL
VFW Post 2298 Tri City Evergreen	Post 2298 · West Dundee, IL
VFW Post 2301 Jw Clendenin	Post 2301 · Monmouth, IL
VFW Post 2377 Glendale Heights	Post 2377 · Glendale Hts, IL
VFW Post 2470 Halterman-Koeppe-Mccarrens	Post 2470 · Ottawa, IL
VFW Post 2486 Major Paul R Syverson III Memo	Post 2486 · Crystal Lake, IL
VFW Post 2580 Midlothian Memorial	Post 2580 · Midlothian, IL
VFW Post 2604 Orland Palos Reber Tesmond Mem	Post 2604 · Orland Park, IL
VFW Post 2608 Albert Tunberg	Post 2608 · Dwight, IL
VFW Post 2665 General U S Grant	Post 2665 · Galena, IL
VFW Post 2671 Harry H Kinman	Post 2671 · Benton, IL
VFW Post 2698 Randolph County	Post 2698 · Sparta, IL
VFW Post 2705 Moweaqua Memorial	Post 2705 · Moweaqua, IL
VFW Post 2729 Rhine	Post 2729 · Chicago, IL
VFW Post 2791 Bremen	Post 2791 · Tinley Park, IL
VFW Post 2801 Villa Park	Post 2801 · Villa Park, IL
VFW Post 2838 Darien Memorial	Post 2838 · Darien, IL
VFW Post 2857 Kankakee	Post 2857 · Kankakee, IL
VFW Post 2859 Wood River	Post 2859 · Wood River, IL
VFW Post 2868 Joshua W Harris Brookfield Mem	Post 2868 · Brookfield, IL
VFW Post 2876 Walter Jones	Post 2876 · Villa Grove, IL
VFW Post 2955 Roscoe	Post 2955 · Roscoe, IL
VFW Post 2978 Logan Avondale	Post 2978 · Chicago, IL
VFW Post 3455 Carroll P Foster	Post 3455 · Anna, IL
VFW Post 3479 Saline	Post 3479 · Eldorado, IL
VFW Post 3480 Capt Horace G Burke	Post 3480 · E Saint Louis, IL
VFW Post 3510 Thomas C Mcmahon	Post 3510 · Danville, IL
VFW Post 3523 Goldsmith Terry	Post 3523 · Carlyle, IL
VFW Post 3546 Ashland	Post 3546 · Ashland, IL
VFW Post 3553 Kaskaskia	Post 3553 · Chester, IL
VFW Post 3579 Niles Memorial	Post 3579 · Niles, IL
VFW Post 3601 General Hill	Post 3601 · Paris, IL
VFW Post 3637 Sergeant C W Clement	Post 3637 · Oakland, IL
VFW Post 3666 Piercy Ward	Post 3666 · Spring Valley, IL
VFW Post 3851 White County	Post 3851 · Carmi, IL
VFW Post 3873 Judd Kendall	Post 3873 · Naperville, IL
VFW Post 3878 Floyd J Tilton	Post 3878 · Rochelle, IL
VFW Post 3883 Bartonville	Post 3883 · Bartonville, IL
VFW Post 3912 Litchfield	Post 3912 · Litchfield, IL
VFW Post 3999 Leslie Edgar Etchason	Post 3999 · Flora, IL
VFW Post 4079 Mendota	Post 4079 · Mendota, IL
VFW Post 4168 Hall Evey	Post 4168 · Clinton, IL
VFW Post 4183 Scott	Post 4183 · Belleville, IL
VFW Post 4226 Olney Memorial	Post 4226 · Olney, IL
VFW Post 4241 Owen W Winter JR	Post 4241 · Oak Forest, IL
VFW Post 4276 Mt Carmel	Post 4276 · Mount Carmel, IL
VFW Post 4308 Lake Villa Memorial	Post 4308 · Lake Villa, IL
VFW Post 4323 Princeton	Post 4323 · Princeton, IL
VFW Post 4325 Mattoon	Post 4325 · Mattoon, IL
VFW Post 4431 Pana	Post 4431 · Pana, IL
VFW Post 4495 Taylorville	Post 4495 · Taylorville, IL
VFW Post 4528 Jersey County	Post 4528 · Jerseyville, IL
VFW Post 4535 Wayne County Memorial	Post 4535 · Fairfield, IL
VFW Post 4549 Crawford County	Post 4549 · Robinson, IL
VFW Post 4551 Sequoit	Post 4551 · Antioch, IL
VFW Post 4598 Cumberland County	Post 4598 · Greenup, IL
VFW Post 4600 Fox River	Post 4600 · Mchenry, IL
VFW Post 4668 La Salle	Post 4668 · La Salle, IL
VFW Post 4724 Archie Miles	Post 4724 · Yates City, IL
VFW Post 4737 North Shore	Post 4737 · Highwood, IL
VFW Post 4753 Cox	Post 4753 · Sesser, IL
VFW Post 4763 Chatham-Auburn Memorial	Post 4763 · Chatham, IL
VFW Post 4829 Shelby County	Post 4829 · Shelbyville, IL
VFW Post 4831 New Trier	Post 4831 · Winnetka, IL
VFW Post 4835 Martin Courtney	Post 4835 · Creve Coeur, IL
VFW Post 4857 Lanark Mt Carroll	Post 4857 · Shannon, IL
VFW Post 4999 Marty Gollnitz	Post 4999 · Chillicothe, IL
VFW Post 5036 St Charles Memorial	Post 5036 · St Charles, IL
VFW Post 5040 Woodstock	Post 5040 · Woodstock, IL
VFW Post 5079 Chicago Bridgeport	Post 5079 · Chicago, IL
VFW Post 5083 Don Cherry	Post 5083 · Geneseo, IL
VFW Post 5129 Quincy	Post 5129 · Quincy, IL
VFW Post 5149 Ross Pearson	Post 5149 · Rockford, IL
VFW Post 5151 Arnold Heath Memorial	Post 5151 · Streamwood, IL
VFW Post 5212	Post 5212 · Eureka, IL
VFW Post 5220 Johnson Phelps	Post 5220 · Oak Lawn, IL
VFW Post 5222 Beggs Gurley	Post 5222 · Vienna, IL
VFW Post 5224 John R Smith&arthur Glenn Mart	Post 5224 · Decatur, IL
VFW Post 5300 Berryman Doran Bainbridge	Post 5300 · Hanover, IL
VFW Post 5346 Piatt County	Post 5346 · Monticello, IL
VFW Post 5410 Central Adams County	Post 5410 · Camp Point, IL
VFW Post 5418 Jerry Celletti	Post 5418 · Rock Falls, IL
VFW Post 5422 Malcolm J Mayo	Post 5422 · Wilmington, IL
VFW Post 5506 Marseilles Memorial	Post 5506 · Marseilles, IL
VFW Post 5508 Gallatin Cnty	Post 5508 · Ridgway, IL
VFW Post 5596 Okawville	Post 5596 · Okawville, IL
VFW Post 5694 Highland	Post 5694 · Highland, IL
VFW Post 5696 Ross Bishop	Post 5696 · Lisle, IL
VFW Post 5762 Casey	Post 5762 · Casey, IL
VFW Post 5768 Sycamore	Post 5768 · Sycamore, IL
VFW Post 5788 Lockport	Post 5788 · Lockport, IL
VFW Post 5790 Mount Olive	Post 5790 · Mount Olive, IL
VFW Post 5815 Lilac	Post 5815 · Lombard, IL
VFW Post 5819 Lemont 22 Honor	Post 5819 · Lemont, IL
VFW Post 5917 Bolingbrook	Post 5917 · Bolingbrook, IL
VFW Post 5921 Morton	Post 5921 · Morton, IL
VFW Post 5975 Dow Stepp Memorial	Post 5975 · Marshall, IL
VFW Post 5979 Central Leyden	Post 5979 · River Grove, IL
VFW Post 6026 L Percy Tucker	Post 6026 · El Paso, IL
VFW Post 6049 John Martin Steele	Post 6049 · Morris, IL
VFW Post 6190 Fred Omalley	Post 6190 · Farmer City, IL
VFW Post 6289 Brotherton Keller	Post 6289 · Gibson City, IL
VFW Post 6408 Havana	Post 6408 · Havana, IL
VFW Post 6577 Tacusah	Post 6577 · Assumption, IL
VFW Post 6628 Panama	Post 6628 · Panama, IL
VFW Post 6632 Ill Red Bud	Post 6632 · Red Bud, IL
VFW Post 6634 Wyanet	Post 6634 · Wyanet, IL
VFW Post 6663 Glen Ellyn	Post 6663 · Glen Ellyn, IL
VFW Post 6750	Post 6750 · Rantoul, IL
VFW Post 6791 Leon Richardt	Post 6791 · West Chicago, IL
VFW Post 6865 Coulterville	Post 6865 · Coulterville, IL
VFW Post 6870 Mark White Square	Post 6870 · Chicago, IL
VFW Post 6871 Menard County	Post 6871 · Petersburg, IL
VFW Post 7186 Tech Sgt William Snell	Post 7186 · Evanston, IL
VFW Post 7190 Jackson County	Post 7190 · Murphysboro, IL
VFW Post 7446 Addison	Post 7446 · Addison, IL
VFW Post 7448 Winthrop Harbor Memorial	Post 7448 · Winthrop Hbr, IL
VFW Post 7535 Two Rivers	Post 7535 · Momence, IL
VFW Post 7537 Harvey A Pulliam	Post 7537 · Newton, IL
VFW Post 7539 Bloomingdale	Post 7539 · Bloomingdale, IL
VFW Post 7678 Earl W Homer Memorial	Post 7678 · Cottage Hills, IL
VFW Post 7682 Ssg Henry A Huber	Post 7682 · Mascoutah, IL
VFW Post 7710 New Athens	Post 7710 · Belleville, IL
VFW Post 7862 Ghere Pullen Reinheimer	Post 7862 · Arcola, IL
VFW Post 7980 Millstadt	Post 7980 · Millstadt, IL
VFW Post 8077 Wally Burns Memorial	Post 8077 · Homewood, IL
VFW Post 8078 Factory City	Post 8078 · Kewanee, IL
VFW Post 8081 Warrenville Memorial	Post 8081 · Warrenville, IL
VFW Post 8141 Ehinger Bros	Post 8141 · Calumet City, IL
VFW Post 8222 Edwards County Memorial	Post 8222 · Albion, IL
VFW Post 8283 Steger Honor Eleven	Post 8283 · Steger, IL
VFW Post 8322 Armed Forces	Post 8322 · Chicago, IL
VFW Post 8324 Putnam County Memorial	Post 8324 · Granville, IL
VFW Post 8350 Chenoa	Post 8350 · Chenoa, IL
VFW Post 8455 Polo	Post 8455 · Dixon, IL
VFW Post 8739 Oregon	Post 8739 · Oregon, IL
VFW Post 8741 Libertyville Memorial	Post 8741 · Libertyville, IL
VFW Post 8821 Pfc Ted F Stempien	Post 8821 · Chicago, IL
VFW Post 8890 Ybarra-Gomez	Post 8890 · East Moline, IL
VFW Post 8891 Pulaski County Memorial	Post 8891 · Mounds, IL
VFW Post 9016 Walker Danforth	Post 9016 · Washington, IL
VFW Post 9153 Waltonville Mem	Post 9153 · Waltonville, IL
VFW Post 9227 Lusk Memorial	Post 9227 · Golconda, IL
VFW Post 9233 Mt Vernon Memorial	Post 9233 · Mount Vernon, IL
VFW Post 9284 Elk Grove Village	Post 9284 · Elk Grove Vlg, IL
VFW Post 9545 Harry E Anderson	Post 9545 · New Lenox, IL
VFW Post 9759 Clifford E Johnson	Post 9759 · Loves Park, IL
VFW Post 9763 Creal Springs Memorial	Post 9763 · Creal Springs, IL
VFW Post 9770 Brownstown	Post 9770 · Brownstown, IL
VFW Post 9773 Hometown Murray	Post 9773 · Hometown, IL
VFW Post 9789 R L Nims	Post 9789 · Fairbury, IL
VFW Post 9801 Markham Memorial	Post 9801 · Markham, IL
VFW Post 9961 Bourbonnais	Post 9961 · Bourbonnais, IL
VFW Post 10009 T K Martin Memorial	Post 10009 · Tuscola, IL
VFW Post 10236 North Brook	Post 10236 · Northbrook, IL
VFW Post 10302 Northenders	Post 10302 · Springfield, IL
VFW Post 10396 Carol Stream	Post 10396 · Saint Charles, IL
VFW Post 10399 Mt Sterling	Post 10399 · Mt Sterling, IL
VFW Post 10778 Western Springs Memorial	Post 10778 · Western Sprgs, IL
VFW Post 11019 South Beloit	Post 11019 · South Beloit, IL
VFW Post 11456 Arthur Lovington	Post 11456 · Arthur, IL
VFW Post 11463 Rochester	Post 11463 · Rochester, IL
VFW Post 11496 Johnsburg	Post 11496 · Mchenry, IL
VFW Post 12014 Crystal Lake Memorial	Post 12014 · Cary, IL
Veterans of Foreign Wars 6504 Metzger-Crook Post	Post · Waterloo, IL
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Illinois	Post · Coal City, IL

Purpose

VFW Department

In 1960 a handful of veterans chartered Department — IL. 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.

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 — IL.

Programs

Our Programs

A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — IL. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.

All programs

Veterans

Memorial observance

The post leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — IL.

Veterans

Veteran support

VFW Department of Illinois. Each year the post sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — IL.

Veterans

Honor detail

When a local veteran is laid to rest, Department sends an honor detail with the flag and a few comrades who know the ceremony — IL.

Years on the calendar — IL

Charter story set in 1960

60 hours

Given to local projects

A sample tally from last year

Neighbors helped

Rides, meals, and the holiday drive

Calendar

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Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 7:00 PM	Regular meeting	Business meeting of VFW Department of Illinois, 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 — IL.
Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 6:00 PM	Holiday sorting day	Boxes along the wall of the hall get sorted into gifts, coats, and pantry food for local families — IL.
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 Department.

News

Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
VFW Department of Illinois. 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 — IL.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — IL
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Department 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 — IL.
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 — IL.

Officers

Commander
Senior Vice Commander
Quartermaster
Chaplain
Adjutant

Membership

Become a member

Eligible veterans and their families are welcome at a meeting of Department — IL. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM.

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Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — IL.

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Our Sponsors

Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — IL. VFW Department of Illinois. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.

Post Home Kitchen

Memorial Hall Bakery

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VFW Department of Illinois

Units

VFW Department

Our Programs

Memorial observance

Veteran support

Honor detail

Upcoming

News

Notes from the first meeting

Showing up for the spring scholarship — IL

What the notebook says so far

Officers

Become a member

Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — IL.

Our Sponsors

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