Whereas Disabled American Veterans of the World War (now DAV—Disabled American Veterans) was founded on September 25, 1920, and chartered by Congress on June 17, 1932, in recognition of the role of the organization as the official voice of the Nation’s wartime disabled veterans; Whereas in 2020, DAV celebrates 100 years of serving veterans, their families, survivors, and communities; Whereas DAV is the largest wartime veterans service organization in the United States made up exclusively of men and women disabled in defense of the Nation with approximately 1,000,000 service-disabled veterans in its membership; Whereas the National Headquarters of DAV is located in Kentucky, its National Service and Legislative Headquarters is located in Washington, DC, and 52 departments and 1,344 chapters are located throughout the United States; Whereas since its founding, DAV has served American veterans wounded, injured, or made ill due to military service by advocating for the establishment of the Department of Veterans Affairs and by fighting in the halls of Congress for benefits and services for service-disabled veterans; Whereas in 1920, DAV began representing the interests of veterans and subsequently developed a professional national service officer corps that has made DAV the Nation’s preeminent provider of claims assistance to injured and ill American veterans, their families, and their survivors