Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Department of Kentucky
VFW Department — KY. A post since 1948 — KY.
- VFW Department
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Directory
Units
| VFW Post 269 Somerset | Post 269 · Somerset, KY |
| VFW Post 680 Kentucky Bluegrass | Post 680 · Lexington, KY |
| VFW Post 696 Ken Owensboro | Post 696 · Owensboro, KY |
| VFW Post 1096 Ken | Post 1096 · Albany, KY |
| VFW Post 1170 | Post 1170 · Middletown, KY |
| VFW Post 1178 Ken Harlan | Post 1178 · Harlan, KY |
| VFW Post 1179 Shelby Memorial | Post 1179 · Shelbyville, KY |
| VFW Post 1191 Jackson Harris | Post 1191 · Paducah, KY |
| VFW Post 1298 | Post 1298 · Bowling Green, KY |
| VFW Post 1834 Ken | Post 1834 · Flemingsburg, KY |
| VFW Post 1913 | Post 1913 · Hopkinsville, KY |
| VFW Post 2728 Harold Epperson Clark | Post 2728 · Winchester, KY |
| VFW Post 2734 | Post 2734 · Maysville, KY |
| VFW Post 2899 | Post 2899 · Dayton, KY |
| VFW Post 2921 Churchill Downs | Post 2921 · Louisville, KY |
| VFW Post 3167 | Post 3167 · Williamsburg, KY |
| VFW Post 3186 Ken | Post 3186 · Southgate, KY |
| VFW Post 3205 Ken Campbell County | Post 3205 · Alexandria, KY |
| VFW Post 3302 | Post 3302 · London, KY |
| VFW Post 3634 | Post 3634 · Danville, KY |
| VFW Post 3769 | Post 3769 · Pikeville, KY |
| VFW Post 4075 Ken Franklin County | Post 4075 · Frankfort, KY |
| VFW Post 5127 | Post 5127 · Whitley City, KY |
| VFW Post 5171 Ken | Post 5171 · Cumberland, KY |
| VFW Post 5409 | Post 5409 · Bardwell, KY |
| VFW Post 5415 | Post 5415 · Calhoun, KY |
| VFW Post 5419 | Post 5419 · Burkesville, KY |
| VFW Post 5421 Mill Creek | Post 5421 · Louisville, KY |
| VFW Post 5438 | Post 5438 · Vanceburg, KY |
| VFW Post 5478 Ken | Post 5478 · Greenville, KY |
| VFW Post 5484 Ken | Post 5484 · Providence, KY |
| VFW Post 5488 Ken Hite Crooks | Post 5488 · Uniontown, KY |
| VFW Post 5704 | Post 5704 · Liberty, KY |
| VFW Post 5706 Harry Reed JR | Post 5706 · Franklin, KY |
| VFW Post 5710 Bullit Memorial | Post 5710 · Shepherdsville, KY |
| VFW Post 5712 | Post 5712 · Scottsville, KY |
| VFW Post 5813 James L Pruitt | Post 5813 · Greensburg, KY |
| VFW Post 5831 Capt William R Hardin | Post 5831 · Hardinsburg, KY |
| VFW Post 5837 Granville Allen | Post 5837 · Bowling Green, KY |
| VFW Post 5839 | Post 5839 · Prestonsburg, KY |
| VFW Post 5906 Glasgow | Post 5906 · Glasgow, KY |
| VFW Post 5910 | Post 5910 · Lebanon, KY |
| VFW Post 6095 Marshall Schildmeyer | Post 6095 · Covington, KY |
| VFW Post 6097 Columbia | Post 6097 · Columbia, KY |
| VFW Post 6103 | Post 6103 · Louisa, KY |
| VFW Post 6182 Iroquois Hill | Post 6182 · Louisville, KY |
| VFW Post 6281 | Post 6281 · Edmonton, KY |
| VFW Post 6291 | Post 6291 · Murray, KY |
| VFW Post 6423 | Post 6423 · Elsmere, KY |
| VFW Post 6935 | Post 6935 · Harrodsburg, KY |
| VFW Post 6937 | Post 6937 · Brownsville, KY |
| VFW Post 7098 Richmond -Ken | Post 7098 · Richmond, KY |
| VFW Post 7099 | Post 7099 · Covington, KY |
| VFW Post 7387 Ken Oliver Hazard Perry | Post 7387 · Hazard, KY |
| VFW Post 7497 | Post 7497 · Owingsville, KY |
| VFW Post 7890 | Post 7890 · Cadiz, KY |
| VFW Post 8019 Ken | Post 8019 · Ravenna, KY |
| VFW Post 8639 Okolona | Post 8639 · Louisville, KY |
| VFW Post 9535 | Post 9535 · Brooksville, KY |
| VFW Post 10922 Phelps | Post 10922 · Phelps, KY |
| VFW Post 11404 | Post 11404 · Brandenburg, KY |
| VFW Post 11428 Elliott County | Post 11428 · Sandy Hook, KY |
| VFW Post 12022 | Post 12022 · Marion, KY |
| VFW Post 12175 | Post 12175 · Leitchfield, KY |
| VFW Post 12229 | Post 12229 · Bardstown, KY |
| VFW Post 12237 | Post 12237 · Vine Grove, KY |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Kentucky | Post · Louisville, KY |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of Kentucky | Post · Paducah, KY |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US Dept of Kentucky 10281 Vfw-Ke | Post · Vine Grove, KY |
| VFW District 11 Kentucky | Post · Mount Vernon, KY |
VFW Department of Kentucky, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Department — KY. The post dates to 1948, 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.
The regular meeting is the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM. Anyone planning to visit should confirm the night before they come, because a funeral detail or a weather delay can move it. Between meetings the comrades stay in touch the old way: at the hall, and through the officers listed on this sample site — KY.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — KY. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
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 — KY.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Department fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — KY.
Community
Community table
Once a month the post sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — KY.
78
Years on the calendar — KY
Charter story set in 1948
190 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
42
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Wed, Mar 11, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Department of Kentucky, 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 — KY. |
| 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. |
| Mon, Jun 8, 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 Department of Kentucky. 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 — KY.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — KY
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs 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 — KY.
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 — KY.
Officers
Officers
Commander
Senior Vice Commander
Quartermaster
Chaplain
Adjutant
Membership
Become a member
Eligible veterans and their families are welcome at a meeting of Department — KY. 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 — KY.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — KY. VFW Department of Kentucky. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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