VFWs, American Legions See Declines In Memberships

PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – When American veterans returned home from wars past, the American Legion or Veterans of Foreign Wars was their first stop. In Plano, the VFW no longer has a home.
“We ran out of money. We couldn’t afford to keep our rented home open,” says Stephen Blackburn, a VFW and American Legion member.
It’s a symptom of membership that has declined rapidly over recent years. The American Legion saw numbers fall from 6 million just four years ago to around