NEW HAVEN, CONN. (May 24, 2020)–VFW New Haven Chaplain-Elect Eric Kropiwnicki offers the invocation during the downsized 2020 Memorial Day Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Great War Flagpole on New Haven Green. Members of the New Haven Mayor’s Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee were able to adhere to mandated social distancing and mask requirements during the … Continue reading 2020 Memorial Day Sunday Wreath Laying (COVID-19)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Feb. 13, 2020) — Derek Torrellas, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States New Haven Post 12150, was recently awarded the Department of Connecticut’s top leadership award. The VFW Connecticut All-State Post Commanders award was presented by Past Department of Connecticut Commander Robert Bailey at the VFW New … Continue reading Torrellas Awarded 2019 VFW All-State Honors
Quartermaster Charles Pickett presented the 2017-18 VFW New Haven Voice of Democracy winner Katherine Harding of Sound School a certificate for her award-winning essay. The 2018-19 VOD theme is “Why My Vote Matters” and entries must be in to the post by midnight Oct. 31, 2018. Learn more about the competition and the $30,000 Grand … Continue reading Voice of Democracy Winner
NEW HAVEN, CONN. (Jan. 23, 2018) — Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars New Haven Post 12150 participated in the 2018 Point-In-Time (PIT) Count of the region’s homeless in New Haven. On the cold and rainy winter night, post comrades canvassed parts of western and central New Haven including sections of Beaver Hills north … Continue reading 2018 Homeless Point-In-Time Count
“New Generation” Veteran Group Named ELITE All-American post in their Second Year in Existence NEW HAVEN, CONN. (JULY 7, 2017)—A new Elm City service organization of mostly Post-9/11 military veterans has been designated a top post in the largest combat veterans organization in America. The Veterans of Foreign Wars New Haven Post 12150 earned the … Continue reading VFW NEW HAVEN EARNS ALL-AMERICAN AWARD
