VFW Post 679 Glassboro Memorial Post 275 Wilmer Street Glassboro, NJ 08028 (856) 243-5000 Directory about us veterans newsletter membership events canteen banquet hall toys for tots photos links contact us directions & map home :: Welcome Page VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 679 Welcome to Glassboro Memorial Post 679. Our mission at VFW Post 679 is to foster patriotism, to cultivate comradeship, to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, to assist comrades, to help their widows and orphans, to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States of America, to its Constitution and laws, to advocate true patriotism, and to preserve and defend the United States from all her enemies, foreign and Domestic. The membership of the VFW is comprised of men and women who have served their country honorably in overseas engagements for which a campaign badge or medal has been authorized by the U.S. Government. The American Veterans of Foreign Service was formed in Columbus Ohio on September 29, 1899. Also in 1899, an organization which called itself "the Colorado Society, Army of the Philippines" was founded. During 1901-1902 in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Altoona, Pa., three other veterans' groups were founded. These three merged in 1903 and also took the name of the American Veterans of Foreign Service although there was no formal connection between them and the Ohio organization. In 1905, a connection was made when the Ohio and Pennsylvania organizations met in Altoona and drew up an agreement of merger. In time these organizations realized that in order to be more effective, it would be in the best interest to merge into one organization. In the year 1913 the three organizations agreed to hold their National Convention together in Denver, Colorado. The merger took place and the organization was named Army of the Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. This name was formally Changed to Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States at the 1914 National Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. top of page Richard Johnson Memorial Banquet Hall DEDICATED November 2, 2007 Honoring Sp-5 Richard Johnson ● Richard Johnson was born on March 7, 1947. ● His home of record is Glassboro, NJ. ● He served in the US Army and obtained the rank of Sp5. ● Richard Johnson was killed in action on March 4th, 1968, 3 days before his 20th birthday. ........................................ home | about us | membership | events | canteen | banquet hall | toys for tots | photos | links | contact us | site map www.vfw679.org ~ Copyright � 2007 ~ All Rights Reserved 275 Wilmer St, Glassboro, NJ 08028 United States telephone: (856) 243-5000 | email: vfw679@comcast.net