November 10, 2024

The sole purpose of Columbus Veterans Day Rally is to honor the service of our veterans and to salute our currently serving military. It is a non-partisan, non-political event, and may not be used as a platform for any other purpose or political agenda. Any individual or group that attempts to use the rally as a forum for any purpose other than that stated above will be denied participation.

May 2025

The MILVETS Ron Rosser, SROTC, and JROTC Scholarships are awarded at the Armed Forces Day Lunch (usually the Friday before the third Saturday of the month of May). The amounts are $5,000, $2,500 and $2,500, respectively. Additionally, during the Columbus Veterans Day Parade, the Q-FM Red, White and Q Fund Scholarship of $5,000, plus two awards of $2,500, are presented to deserving veterans and/or their family members.

Applications for both the Armed Forces Day and Columbus Veterans Day Scholarships are available on-line.  Deadline for the Armed Forces Day Luncheon Scholarships is May 9

May 2025

• Armed Forces Day luncheon in May to honor our active duty armed services personal and ROTC students
  
• Each year we pick a military branch to honor with a keynote speaker from that branch of service.  We select in order; Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Space Force.  In 2019 it was the U.S. Navy.
  
• Educational scholarships as well as the Ron Rosser “Best of the Best” Award to ROTC students (currently five scholarships are awarded each year)

We have sponsored public discussions, panels, lectures, displays, parades, military bands, sports and other patriotic events and observances since 1987 to promote public awareness of the military and Veterans and their prominent role in history and in the nation’s future.

MILVETS is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization; funded 100% from private donations; there are no endowments or trust funds.