OLD SAYBROOK, CONN. (January 29, 2024)—The Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Connecticut Council of Administration voted to double their national VFW Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen scholarships, reaffirming the department’s commitment to these core VFW youth and education programs. Department Junior Vice Commander Charles Pickett made the motion at the quarterly meeting, to

WALLINGFORD, CONN. (November 25, 2023) — The VFW Department of Connecticut District 2 named Charles M. Pickett as the 2023-2024 VFW Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award for the district. The VFW identifies and recognizes America’s best educators who instill a sense of national pride in students in the annual program. Currently the junior

Thanks to Albert J. Breault VFW POST 1523 and Commander Hans Lowell in Putnam; Plainfield VFW and Commander Sherry Wozniak; and Wheeler-Young VFW Post 201 and QM Steiner for hosting VFWCT Sr. Vice Commander Stanley W Borusiewicz Jr and Jr. Vice Commander Charles Pickett on an impromptu swing around the state. Shout out to Commander