The purposes of the VFW are fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational. We seek to:
- Preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members
- Assist worthy comrades
- Perpetuate the memory and history of our dead and assist their surviving spouses and children
- Maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States of America, and fidelity to its Constitution and laws
- Foster true patriotism
- Maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom
- Preserve and defend the United States from all enemies.