Springfield VT VFW Post 771 Auxiliary

Auxiliary Member Francis Griffin will pay the cover charge for the first 10 people attending Karaoke tonight @ VFW Post 771-Springfield, VT.

Today is Flag Day!

Flag Day has been observed for more than 150 years, but its origins can be traced all the way back to June 14, 1777, when the Continental Congress declared, "The Flag of the United States shall be of thirteen stripes of alternate red and white, with a union of thirteen stars of white in a blue field, representing the new constellation."

In 1861, a celebration of the American Flag in Hartford, Connecticut focused on the Americanization of immigrant children, in 1889 the principal of a free kindergarten for the poor in New York City started a Flag Day initiative that caught the eye of the State Department of Education, and in 1893, Elizabeth Duane Gillespie, a direct descendent of Benjamin Franklin, proposed a resolution to the city of Philadelphia to observe June 14 as Flag Day (unfortunately, as she was a woman, this was largely ignored). Presidents Wilson and Coolidge, in 1916 and 1927, issued proclamations declaring June 14 Flag Day, but it was not until 1949 that President Truman signed it into law.

The VFW Auxiliary considers observances of Flag Day and of the American Flag itself an important part of the Americanism Program. Past and present traditions involving the Flag have included distributing them to immigrants who celebrating their new citizenship, participating in Flag retirement ceremonies alongside the VFW, welcoming visiting National Presidents with an Aisle of Flags, replacing tattered or faded Flags flying in front of local businesses, placing Flags on veterans' graves over Memorial Day weekend, carrying Flags during parades and teaching children about the history and meaning of the American Flag in schools through picture books and youth programs.

Happy Flag Day from the VFW Auxiliary!

This is a great event - lots of resources.

Don't forget.....

2026-27 VFW Auxiliary Leadership Training will be held @ Montpelier Post 792 on Saturday, June 13th @ 9:30am
There will be a working lunch provided

VFW Vermont Convention Weekend @ Mount Snow

Day 2 of VFW Auxiliary Department Convention @ Mt Snow

Great evening at the Department of Vermont VFW Awards Banquet

Call & reserve your spot before they are all gone!

What is Auxiliary SWAP?
An initiative started in 2018 encouraging members to Share Wonderful Auxiliary Projects.

It works when an Auxiliary has had a great idea for a project, Program, event, parade float, membership recruitment or promotion and decides to document and share that idea with other Auxiliaries, which then take those ideas and run with them.

If you have a successful Auxiliary SWAP, email us at [email protected] with information and 1-3 photographs!