Welcome to VFW Post 2197
It’s time for our post to kick off our annual scholastic competition.
Please spread the word to students you know, children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, neighborhood kids, we want participants.
Also, if you know a teacher, enter them.
Let’s have a big year this year. I am attaching info for all three of our programs. Please copy and spread around. Our Post Co-chairs this year are John Secone and Will Laviolette.
Roger
Roger A. Stevens
Commander
1 July 2026
Comrades,
As we approach the 250 th birthday of our country, I wish all of you a joyous celebration. Please reflect on your contribution, and the sacrifice of your families to make this milestone event happen. Everyone who has served, from the year before the birth of our country, to those serving today have ownership in this success.
Adjutant Lambert issued our July General Orders today, please take time to read them. They contain information of value to all posts and districts. I especially want to draw your attention to the Maine Engagement Leadership Development, MELD, school training scheduled for 15 & 16 August. This is an annual one day training session for Post and District Officers. For convenience of attending, we try to have one session toward the northern part of the state, and one to the south. This year there will be a session at the Hampden Post, and one at the Windham Post. I have attended several of these sessions now, and learn something new every year.
Chairman Woodward always puts together an informative and valuable program. Disappointingly, attendance has been pretty light the past couple of years.
I wish that all Post and District Officers would attend one of the sessions, but realistically know that won’t happen. I am requesting that all posts discuss, at their July membership meetings, and do their best to have at least one officer attend in person to receive the information package. I also ask that officers who can’t attend,
please give serious consideration to zooming into one of the sessions. Zoom attendance is free. First time officers, you really need to attend if at all possible. I guarantee you will receive information of value as you engage in your new duties.
By the way, any member can attend. If someone is considering stepping up to an officer position in the next year or two; this program can go a long way to preparing them for a successful transition.
I am confident that this training program will help you make a difference.
Respectfully
Roger A. Stevens
Commander
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Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2197 in Topsham Maine. Post 2197 is dedicated to serving fellow veterans in need, as well as worthy activities in the general Brunswick/Topsham area. We hold meetings at the Topsham American Legion
Our page is intended to inform people about who we are, and what we do. Members of the VFW are military personnel who have served their country in hostile areas of the world. Our dedication to our country and our fellow veterans continues through our membership in the VFW. This page will show what we do in the local area to help our community and fellow veterans. We will also share information from the state & national levels of the VFW, as well as occasionally what is happening at other veterans service organizations in the area.
