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The DAV, or Disabled American Veterans, is an organization that has done tremendous work for many veterans since it was first founded over eighty years ago. This group has helped fight for the rights of soldiers who have fought in every war since World War I.

The idea behind the group evolved after a group of veterans met at a Christmas Party in 1919. This Christmas party, hosted by Judge Robert Marx, marked the beginning of the DAV, but officially September 25, 1920 is usually used to mark the day that the DAV was officially started. It was on this day that around 250 disabled veterans from all over the United States met in Cincinnati.

Today, veterans in America have many organizations that are available to help them in their day to day lives, but this was not always the case. In the beginning of the twentieth century, a tremendous increase in the number of disabled veterans left many veterans jobless, homeless, and without proper medical care. This changed in 1919 at a Christmas party hosted by Robert S. Marx.