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Then-National President Armithea “Sissy” Borel sits beside her husband, Terry, at the start of the National President’s Dinner, where Outstanding Departments were announced.


President Borel accepts the Gold Medal of Merit from then-VFW Commander-in-Chief Bill Thien.


Volunteer Corps Captain Jackie Davis (left) and President Borel get into the Mardi Gras spirit for the Opening Session.


workshop presentations, saying they learned a lot and asked for other topics to be covered. (Noted!) Members were treated to an upbeat Opening


Session with the James Ernest Zydeco Band, which got members out of their seats and dancing in the aisles. T en-National President Armithea “Sissy” Borel led the fun, after being escorted in by the Missouri Volunteer Corps with a Mardi Gras parade, beads and all. On the business side, this year was the


revision of the Bylaws, which included several recommendations by the Bylaws Resolutions &


Revisions Committee. Five resolutions to change the Bylaws were brought forward. For the fi nal result of those votes, see Page 10. T ough male eligibility was defeated as a change, the VFW passed a resolution stating that the VFW Adjutant General and National Secretary-Treasurer would submit a proposal by National Convention 2015 to allow equality of female veterans’ families. T en-National President Armithea “Sissy”


Borel welcomed many guests to the business sessions, including then-VFW Commander-in- Chief Bill T ien, representatives from the VFW National Home for Children, Florida’s Veterans (Continued on page 11)


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