Click to learn more The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is a government-chartered non-profit organization established by an act of the United States Congress in 1936. As specified in U.S.law:

"The purpose of this Corporation shall be fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational: to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; to assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead; and to assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States of America, and fidelity to its Constitution and laws; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, and to preserve and defend the United States from all her enemies whomsoever."

Sec. 3 of the Congressional Charter incorporating the U.S. Veterans of Foreign Wars

2008-2009 Post Officers

Commander: Clarence B. (Bud) Ellis
Senior Vice Commander: Harold Clayton
Junior Vice Commander: Richard Granger
Quartermaster: Robert Konrad
Judge Advocate: Thornton Cutler
Surgeon: Stony Lohr
Chaplain: Ben Gross
Adjutant: Thornton Cutler
Post Service Officer: Steve Barela

Important Links

VFW National Site

VFW Department of Georgia

Membership Information
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Membership Benefits

About Post 9949

Our membership rolls include 138 men who served our country under hostile conditions during WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Afghanistan & Iraq. We primarily reside in Peachtree City with others living in Fayetteville, Sharpsburg, Newnan and Tyrone.

Learn more about our post: who we are, our history, what we do & why you should join Post 9949.

Learn about our Memorial Bricks Program

Interested in transfering to our post? The only way to effect a Post Transfer is to make the request and supply the necessary paperwork to the Quartermaster of the Post.

Post Mailing Address:
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post # 9949
117 Chadwick Dr.
Peachtree City, GA 30269
Phone: 770-631-1439