KENNETT: New VFW sign

Have you seen the handsome new sign for the VFW POST 5467 on West Cypress Street? I spotted it on the way to our Valentine's Day dinner at La Pena Mexicana and immediately asked my friend Lars Farmer (a proud US Navy veteran) for the story. Here's what he told me:

"Thank you, Kennett residents, from the Officers of the VFW, for our new sign.

Members of VFW POST 5467 have wanted a new sign for a years, but when the Township installed a new sidewalk along W. Cypress Street, the old sign would need to be removed and the opportunity for a new sign arose.

Kennett Township quickly stepped in to help when Michael Obrien sent out a Township-wide email to residents asking for donations for a new VFW sign. Residents quickly responded with funds and a new sign was designed and ordered.

The new sign, in its patriotic colors and LED illumination, now shines as a beacon for the Kennett VFW site. The sign was installed on Valentine’s Day at cost of approximately $6,500, and with its 500 letters, Kennett Square will be on notice for BINGO (every other Wednesday), Karaoke and other “open to the public” events at the POST.

Very Respectfully,

Lars Farmer, POST VFW ADJUTANT

(In case you were wondering, Lars notes that the tradition of the Kennett VFW has been to always capitalize the word “POST.”)

The VFW's new sign. Photo by Lars Farmer.