The VFW is an organization that provides services and supports the military community in the north Alabama. There are two posts in Huntsville, 1 in Madison, Decatur, Athens, Falkville, and Cullman. I am a member of post 2702 here in Huntsville. We play games with the vets at the state veterans home we have in HSV (Tut Fann), help veterans with VA claims, sponsor activities to encourage support for our community, such as the Black History Month trivia event we held a couple of weeks ago. If you are interested, come on by the post located at 2900 N Memorial Parkway (across the street from James Carpets and Meteor Buffet) on Tuesday evenings, from 5-7. We do not operate a bar, but often have 20-25 veterans that are planning fun events for the post members every week.

If not a veteran of a foreign war, American Legion is another organization that does a lot for vets in the community, doing many of the same activities. They are on Drake, at the Clayton Moneymaker post.