Whereas Disabled American Veterans (DAV) was founded by World War I veterans on September 25, 1920, and was chartered by an Act of Congress on June 17, 1932; Whereas, in 2020, DAV celebrates 100 years of serving veterans of the Armed Forces, their families, survivors, and communities; Whereas DAV is dedicated to a single purpose: empowering veterans to lead high-quality lives with respect and dignity; Whereas DAV accomplishes this by ensuring veterans and their families have access to the full range of benefits available to them, by fighting for the interests of America’s injured heroes, and by educating the public about the needs of veterans transitioning back to civilian life; Whereas DAV provides free, professional assistance to veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and other agencies; Whereas DAV also provides outreach concerning its programs and services to the American people generally, and to disabled veterans and their families specifically; Whereas DAV represents the interests of disabled veterans, their families, their widowed spouses, and their orphans before the Federal Government, as well as State and local governments; Whereas DAV has fought tirelessly for equal access to critical Department of Veterans Affairs caregiver benefits and services for severely disabled veterans of all generations, resulting in legislation to expand eligibility to those injured prior to September 11, 2001, as part of the VA MISSION Act; and Whereas DAV co-presents the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic and National Disabled Veterans TEE Tournament; has organized the nationwide DAV Transportation Network to provide free transportation for veterans to VA medical appointments; operates an active Charitable Service Trust funding the needs of local providers assisting at-risk local veterans; has built an active volunteer corps offering thousands of hours of service to our veterans and communities