Wirkkala Designs, 785 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA 02476, US

In the heart of Arlington Center, the gray VFW 1775 building sits across from the costume shop and in between the entrances to the bike path. Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, with its auxiliaries, include 2.2 million members in approximately 8,100 posts worldwide.Its mission is to "honor the dead by helping the living" through veterans service, community service, national security and a strong national defense.The VFW traces its roots back to 1899 when veterans of the Spanish-American War (1898) and the Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902) founded local organizations to secure rights and benefits for their service, as many soldiers arrived home wounded or sick, and there was no medical care or veterans pension for them.