VFW Auxiliary Department of California

National Purple Heart Day is August 7th
Purple Heart Day is observed annually on August 7th to honor and remember the brave men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces who have been wounded or killed in action. It’s a day to recognize the sacrifices made by Purple Heart recipients and to show support for wounded veterans.

If your Auxiliary needs a boost, think about reaching out to your Department Chief-of-Staff for some help with revitalization!

Has it been a long time since you got a new member? A revitalization team may be able to help with a recruiting event.

Having trouble filling Officer roles? The revitalization team could help with training.

Not sure where to begin? The revitalization team can assess your needs and suggest the officer or chairman who would best be able to help your Auxiliary.

Reach out to your Chief-of-Staff today!

[email protected]

Each year, we share the winning Young American Creative Patriotic Art, 3-Dimensional Patriotic Art and Illustrating America contest art on our social media ahead of National Convention.

This year is no exception! However, we will be sharing them a bit differently. As we've had a record number of entries, we are not able to share every one from each Department for all three competitions. Instead, we will be counting down all of the National Winners starting on Friday, August 1 (tomorrow), with the final winners – first place for the Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest and the 3-Dimensional Art Contest – being uploaded early in the morning on August 9, ahead of the opening of the Exhibit Hall at the Columbus Convention Center, where National Convention will be held.

Each day prior to National Convention, we will share three winning works, beginning with Young American Creative Patriotic Art National winners in 19th, 18th and 17th place, continuing until we have shared through 2nd place, then 4th, 3rd and 2nd place in the 3-Dimensional Patriotic Art Contest and finally 3rd, 2nd and 1st place in the Illustrating America contest (all grade levels).

As always, we remind visitors to our Facebook and Instagram pages to remember that these works of art were created by talented, patriotic students in grades K-12. While we welcome positive feedback and sharing of the posts, we reserve the right to delete any comments that are political/partisan, overly critical or rude. Additionally, hate speech will result in an immediate ban from the VFW Auxiliary National Headquarters social media pages; cruelty will NOT be tolerated.

We hope you will join us in recognizing and celebrating the incredible talent of these young artists. Thank you for your support of the Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest, 3-Dimensional Patriotic Art Contest and Illustrating America!