2023 Texas VFW Magazine Fall Edition

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Loyalty Day

VFW Post 10462 – Channelview, TX Comrades gathered to celebrate Loyalty Day at their Post and invited the local community and served chili dogs to all attendees.

Loyalty Day History May 1st is a special day for people to reaffirm their loyalty to the United States and to recognize the heritage of American Freedom. First observed in 1921 as “Americanization Day” to counterbalance the labor movement’s May Day celebrations. On May 1, 1930, about 10,000 Veterans of Foreign War member staged a rally at Union Station in New York to promote patriotism. May 1 later evolved into Loyalty Day through a resolution adopted in 1949. 9

Texas VFW Magazine 2023 Fall Edition


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