Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Still Standing Tall: After 75 years, Durango’s VFW post finds new ways to meet its old mission

[appeared in the Durango Telegraph, Feb. 20, 2020]

It’s a Main Avenue landmark. For the past 75 years, when most people drive past the squat, grey-
stone building along the shore of the Animas River, they recognize it as “the VFW.” What most people don’t see, though – unless they’re a veteran or family of a veteran – is the multi-generational legacy of comradery, caring and community that thrives inside. Or the efforts under way to keep that legacy alive for a new and growing generation of veterans.