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Saturday, 6 June 2026 12:00 AM
Commemorating the 82nd Anniversary of D-Day
Eighty-two years ago, on June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched Operation Overlord, storming the beaches of Normandy to strike a decisive blow against tyranny. The courage, sacrifice, and unbreakable resolve demonstrated by those brave service members permanently altered the course of world history.
In this special edition of the Connecticut Veterans Bulletin, we proudly commemorate the 82nd Anniversary of D-Day. We honor the legacy of the Greatest Generation by continuing our mission: ensuring that today’s Connecticut veterans, service members, and families remain deeply connected, supported, and informed.
Your Weekly Veterans Guide: The Three Volumes
To keep our community completely organized and accessible, this week’s extensive calendar is divided into three comprehensive, downloadable volumes. We strongly encourage all readers to click the volume titles or images below to download and save each file directly to your device.
Volume 1: Current Month Events (June 6 – June 30, 2026)
Your immediate guide to the start of the summer season. Volume 1 contains over 120 pages of localized veteran events across Connecticut for the remainder of June.
- Featured Listing: Flags For Heroes – Raise A Flag For Your Hero.
- Discover regional commemoration ceremonies, local community gatherings, and immediate outreach resources happening right in your backyard.
Volume 2: Long-Range Calendar (July 1 – December 4, 2026)
Plan your schedule well into the fall and early winter. With nearly 170 pages of future listings, this volume ensures you never miss a major regional milestone, veteran roadmap event, or seasonal gathering.
- Featured Listing: CT Landmarks 9th Annual Flag Field For Heroes Opening Ceremony.
- Includes essential posting guidance for organizations looking to submit their own upcoming events to the CVB calendar.
Volume 3: Recurring Programs, Resources & Directories
The ultimate operational handbook for Connecticut veterans, packed with year-round resources across more than 80 pages.
- Featured Listing: Wednesday Night Rides at Suffield VFW.
- Food & Dining: A massive directory of community breakfasts, pasta dinners, and canteen menus from American Legion and VFW posts statewide, alongside critical resources like the Easterseals Veterans Rally Point Food Pantry.
- Camaraderie & Fun: Listings for trivia nights, tournaments, music BINGO, karaoke, and cruise nights designed to keep veterans connected.
- Programs & Support: Comprehensive access to equine therapy, peer-to-peer meetup groups, free acupuncture, veteran coffee houses, and specialized educational opportunities like the UCONN Entrepreneurship Boot Camp.
- Giving Back: Opportunities to support ongoing care package drives and the legacy brick campaigns.
Support the Mission
This bulletin exists by Connecticut Veterans for Connecticut Veterans. Please take a moment to download all three volumes, utilize these incredible programs, and share these resources with fellow Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, Airmen, and Guardians across the state.
Always verify event status in advance of attendance by contacting the listed host organizations directly.
CT VETERANS Events
Click The Volume Titles or Volume Images To Open Files.
V.1 Current months events
V.2 events beyond current month.
V.3 recurring programs & VOB Directory
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ATTN: ALWAYS VERIFY EVENT STATUS IN ADVANCE OF ATTENDANCE BY CONTACTING THE LISTED EVENT ORGANIZATIONS DIRECTLY.
Volume 1
Page 1 Featured Listing
Pages 2 – 124: CT Veterans Event Listings 6 June 2026 – 30 June 2026
Volume 2
Pages 1 – 167: CT Veterans Event Listings 1 July 2026 – 4 December 2026
Page 168: Posting Guidance
Volume 3
Page 1 – 4 Table of Contents
Pages 5- 8: Recurring Programs & Directories, including CT Veterans Coffee Houses.
Pages 9 – 10: Donations Needed
Page 9: Care Package Drive
Page 10: EASTERSEALS VETERANS RALLY POINT LEGACY BRICKS BUY A BRICK, LEAVE A LEGACY!
Pages 11 – 25 Food & Dining
Page 11: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 128 All You Can Eat Breakfast
Page 12: Wallingford VFW Post 591 Sunday Breakfast 1st Sunday Monthly
Page 13: VFW Post 1724 Breakfast 2nd Sunday monthly
Page 14: American Legion Post 113 Monthly Breakfast
Page 15: VFW Post 10688 Monthly Sunday Breakfast
Page 16: Sunday Morning Breakfast @ Post 14’s Bistro Sunday Every Month 2022
Page 17: Easterseals Veterans Rally Point Food Pantry
Page 18: AMERICAN LEGION POST 68 BERLIN PASTA DINNER
Page 19: American Legion Post 68 Pasta Dinner
Page 20: VFW Post 399 Paradox Brewing Pizza & Brew Night
Page 21: VFW Post 10004 Canteen Menu
Page 22: American Legion Post 102 Spaghetti Dinner Night
Page 23: Duke’s Canteen Thursday and Friday Dinners
Page 24: All You Can Eat Steak Dinner @ Plainfield VFW
Page 25: Steak Night At The VFW
Pages 26 – 52 Fun
Page 26: American Legion Post 112 Music BINGO
Page 27: American Legion Post 22, 8 Ball Tournament
Page 28: VFW Post 5095 Open Pool
Page 29: New London Ping Pong Club
Page 30: Mecca Cruise Night Presented by Surfside Veterans
Page 31: Wednesday Night Rides At Suffield VFW
Page 32: Nine Ball Pool Tournament
Page 33: Left • Right • Center At American Legion Post 113
Page 34: Soldier Songs and Voices
Page 35: Veterans Coffee HOUSE
Page 36: American Legion Post 12 BINGO
Page 37: VFW Post 5095 Thursday Night BINGO
Page 38: VFW Post 201 Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament
Page 39: Thursday Night VFW Cruise at Smalley Brothers VFW Post 6123
Page 40: American Legion Post 26 BINGO Night
Page 41: Front Line Fellowship Board Games Card Games & More
Page 42: American Legion Post 128 Karaoke
Page 43: American Legion Post 68 Game Night
Page 44: American Legion Dart Drop-In Tournament
Page 45: Line Dancing At American Legion Litchfield
Page 46: VFW POST 5157 Karaoke Night
Page 47: Moosup American Legion Post 91 Karaoke Night
Page 48: VFW 5095 East Hampton Karaoke
Page 49: Plainfield VFW Friday Karaoke Night
Page 50: American Legion Post 165 Family Bingo
Page 51: DAV Danbury Trivia Night
Page 52: American Legion Post 112 Karaoke Night
Pages 53 & 54: Meetings
Page 53: American Legion Post 117 Meetings
Page 54: FREE Virtual Military & Veterans Support Group
Page(s) 55 – 57: Membership Opportunities
Page 55: American Legion Riders Member Information Form/Application
Page 56: Surfside Veterans Meeting
Page 57: VAHF Monthly Membership – Sign up & Recruitment Meetings
Pages 58 – 79 Programs
Page 58: American Legion Post 12 Veteran of the Month Flag Ceremony
Page 59: Free Acupuncture For Active Military, Veterans & First Responders
Page 60: Veterans Base Camp
Page 61: American Legion Online Courses
Page 63: Heal Her Art
Page 63: Mission Role Call White Star Families Resources
Page 64: Easterseals Vets Peer to Peer Meetup Groups
Page 65: US Vet Connect Inc.’s- Veterans Outdoors Resource Hub
Page 66: Horse Feathers Veterans Program
Page 67: Veterans Equine Therapy
Page 68: Veterans Support Group
Page 69: WARRIORS FOR WARRIORS
Page 70: Shepherds Meadow Veterans
Page 71: VRP BROADCASTING STUDIO TRAINING & INTERNSHIP
Page 72: Dog Star Veterans Program
Page 73: Greater Windsor Veteran’s Council Veterans Outreach
Page 74: Weekly Veterans Program With Horses
Page 75: Art Group Therapy @Honor Wellness Center
Page 76: UCONN Entrepreneurship Boot Camp For Veterans
Page 77: CCSU Office of Veterans Affairs
Page 78: Connecticut Oral Health Initiative Salute to Smiles
Page 79: Complimentary Hair Cuts For Service Members, Veterans & Their families
Page 80 Publications
The Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses Voyageur Briefs
Pages 81 – 82 Services
Page 81: Connecticut Department of Labor Veterans Services
Page 82: Eastern CT Veterans Community Center
Page 83 Veteran Owned Business Section Has Moved to
Page 84: Message From The Editor
Page 85: Subscribe To CVB’S Weekly PDF For Email Delivery.
Page 86: Post Your Mil/Vet Related Event In CVB’S Weekly PDF publication.
Page 87: JOIN CVB GROUP ON Facebook/FOLLOW CVB’S MEMORIAL PAGE On Facebook
Page 88: Emergency Resources and Resources for Rent, Security, Utilities, Furniture and Apartment Listings As of 3 January 2023
Please inform your fellow Soldiers, Marines, Sailors and Airmen of Connecticut’s premier mil/vet events calendar.
CVB serves Connecticut's military/veteran community by researching and promoting events and programs of interest from numerous resources in a weekly PDF publication and on social media platforms. Each event is listed in CVB'S Weekly PDF with a dedicated page and remains listed in all subsequent PDF issues, up to the Saturday before the event or the Saturday of the event.
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I am not a veteran. I am a member of the Civil Air Patrol, the United States Air Force Auxiliary. But in 1991, personal loss brought me to a place I never left.
Over two decades later, that loss led me to the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown, Connecticut, where I took on the coordination of Wreaths Across America — which grew into the largest and fastest growing veterans program in the state. I didn’t do it for recognition. I did it for them.
In 2016 I founded the Connecticut Veterans Bulletin. Not because I served, but because I believe those who did deserve to be honored, connected, and kept alive.
Twenty-two veterans die by suicide every day. I knew about that number before it became a hashtag. I knew it personally, long before anyone was talking about it.
This publication exists because that number is unacceptable. Because every veteran in Connecticut deserves to know someone gives a damn.
That someone is me.
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