Westport Veterans Service Officer

09/19/2026

All set up at the American Legion Post 145 Auxiliary yard sale fundraiser.

Stop by until 3 PM and check out the wares and see if there are any benefits you may qualify for as a veteran or surviving spouse of a veteran. @

09/17/2026

🇺🇸 **The Wall That Heals is Coming to Yarmouth, MA!**

📅 **September 17–20**

Experience this powerful tribute to our nation’s veterans. The Wall That Heals, a traveling three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, along with its Mobile Education Center, will be on display at **Parker’s River Landing, 669 Route 28, Yarmouth.**

🕊️ **Open 24 hours a day, rain or shine!**

**📚 Mobile Education Center**

Explore exhibits honoring local service members whose names are on The Wall, educational displays, and the digital In Memory Honor Roll.

**🚗 Parking & Shuttle Information**

• **Primary parking:** Parker’s River Landing, 669 Route 28.

• **Overflow parking:** If the primary lot is full, sandwich board signs will direct visitors to satellite parking at Wicked Waves Cape Cod, where shuttle service to and from the site will be available.

**🇺🇸 Show Your Spirit!**

Stop by the Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce, Monday–Friday, 9 AM–4 PM, to pick up your **complimentary American flag!**

Take time to visit, reflect, remember, and honor the men and women who served.

Please share and help spread the word! ❤️🤍💙

09/14/2026

Vietnam Veterans of America, Bristol County, Chapter #207, in conjunction with the Fall River Department of Veterans Services, will hold the annual MIA/POW Recognition Day, Friday, September 18th at 12:00 P.M., in Veterans’ Memorial Bicentennial Park, Fall River, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

All veterans, their families and friends are invited to attend this ceremony in recognizing those service members who are still missing or are POWs.

09/11/2026

Some pictures from the 9/11 25th anniversary ceremony in Westport. Thank you for letting me be part of it.

09/11/2026

The Veterans Appreciation Cookout scheduled for this Sunday, September 13, has been postponed to Sunday, September 20, due to the forecast for heavy rain and potential thunderstorms.

If you already registered and plan to attend on Sept. 20, you do not need to do anything.

If the date changes affects your attendance, please contact Carol in the Veterans Office at 508-636-1028 to cancel or register.

09/10/2026

Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

As a reminder, the Westport Fire Department is hosting a solemn ceremony at the fire station on Hix Bridge Road at 8:30 AM. All community members are invited to attend.

Veterans: the weekly veterans coffee social usually held from 9 - 11 AM at the Westport VFW will be from 10 AM - noon.

09/02/2026

25th Anniversary September 11 Remembrance Ceremony

The Westport Fire Department invites community members to join them for a solemn ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

The ceremony will honor the nearly 3,000 innocent lives lost that day, as well as the courageous first responders and service members who answered the call to serve and protect in the aftermath.

The ceremony will include a prayer by Chaplain Kate Galop, remarks from State Senator Michael Rodrigues, State Representative Steven Ouellette, members of the Westport Select Board, and Veterans Service Officer, Carol Freitas, along with moments of silence at 8:46 AM and 9:03 AM, marking the times the North and South Towers were struck.

Community members are warmly invited to attend as we remember, honor, and reflect on the lives and sacrifices forever connected to September 11.

08/18/2026

VA Warns of National Postcard Scam

The VA is warning that scammers had sent postcards to veterans claiming they are entitled to VA benefits or extra payments over the last year, but that these postcards were fraudulent and not affiliated with the VA.

The VA advises veterans not to hand over any personal information to those they don't completely trust, notably as millions of veterans will soon receive something through the mail from the VA. Between August 13 to September 11, the VA will mail official "Choose VA" postcards to around 3.8 million veterans who are not enrolled in VA health care.

https://www.military.com/va-warns-postcard-scam-health-care-notices-go-out-38-million-veterans?lid=3mj2vhryekjh&utm_source=MLT-nl_daily-brief_video_2026-08-13&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=MLT-202608131042&user=ZnJlaXRhc2NAd2VzdHBvcnQtbWEuZ292Om1sdA&utm_source=MLT-nl_daily-brief_video_2026-08-13&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=MLT-202608131042&user=ZnJlaXRhc2NAd2VzdHBvcnQtbWEuZ292Om1sdA

https://news.va.gov/148601/official-choose-va-postcards-are-coming-soon/?utm_campaign=VetResources&utm_id=12AUG2026&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

The department said fraudulent postcards had appeared in multiple states over the past year, claiming to be linked to the VA.

08/04/2026

All set up at the old high school for Westport’s Police Night Out. Stop by between 5 and 8 to talk to me about veterans and survivors benefits.

08/04/2026

This Friday, 7 Aug 2026, there will NOT be coffee & pastries served at the VFW.

There is a Purple Heart event @ 9 AM at Bicentennial Veterans Park in Fall River.

The bus will leave the VFW in Westport at 8:15am and should return by 11:00AM.