Located on the Statehouse ground floor in the South Light Court

This plaque commemorates the founding of the American Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) by the merger of several similar overseas veterans' organizations.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Commemoration
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FOUNDING
ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1899, IN COLUMBUS
OHIO. OF THE AMERICAN VETERANS OF
FOREIGN SERVICE- AN ASSOCIATION
OF OVERSEAS VETERANS WHICH MERGED
IN 1913 WITH OTHER SIMILAR GROUPS
TO FORM THE
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE
UNITED STATES.

ERECTED AND DEDICATED BY THE 39TH
NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT, VETERANS OF
FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED S TATES,
COLUMBUS, OHIO, AUGUST 21-26, 1938
SCOTT P. SQUYRES
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF