Celebrate a $2M Investment in the Renovation of the Oldest VFW Post in Texas
Tue, Feb 17
|10 10th St
A great historical San Antonio structure will be renovated to continue serving veterans as it has since 1917. Veterans are strongly encouraged to attend this recognition of the importance of serving our veterans.
Time & Location
Feb 17, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
10 10th St, 10 10th St, San Antonio, TX 78215, USA
About the event
VFW Post 76 Sam Houston Post is the oldest and largest Post in the State of Texas; organized and chartered in San Antonio on 26 June 1917 by the Veterans of the Spanish American War. The 10th Street structure, also known as the Petty House, a grand old Victorian house that was sold to the Sam Houston Post 76 in June 1947, and has since been used as the Post Headquarters, a place to serve and honor our veterans, and a social center open to the surrounding community.
Current membership includes veterans of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts.
This property is significant because it is the only remaining house of the pre-1900 neighborhood previously known as the Milam Bend. The home represents a period in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when San Antonio was becoming a modern city.…