VFWs nationwide face decreased membership
VFWs nationwide face decreased membership By Brady Williams | April 21, 2021 at 6:41 PM CDT - Updated April 21 at 6:47 PM
JASPER, Ind. (WFIE) - Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 673 in Jasper once had 12,000 members. Now, they have 330.
On Wednesday, members said they all share a deep bond.
“We’re all brothers. We’ve all connected somehow,” said Don Kluemper, a longtime member.
They said it’s a tight-knit group, but recently they’ve seen a rapid decline in the number of members.
Patrick O’Keefe, who helps keep the place running, explained that while older members have died, younger veterans don’t enroll as much as they have in the past.