She’s a tired, old building.
She needs help. And it’s up to us to help her. The VFW Hall has been a center of activity for Leelanau County since the early 1950s when GIs who returned home from World War II volunteered their time and scrapped together enough raw materials to finish and cover a full basement with kitchen and bathrooms. When funds caught up to the project, the main floor, walls and roof were built to create a lodge-like setting with exposed beams, wood-paneling in the bar area and maple flooring throughout.
“When my dad had a free moment, he went down and helped,” recalled Mike Zeits, a VFW member who served in the Navy during the Vietnam War. “I went with him. My dad did not get called to the service (during World War II) because he was a farmer. They needed farmers to stay on their farms at that time.”
