We, fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, widowers, widows, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, grandfathers, grandmothers, grandsons and granddaughters, who are not less than sixteen (16) years of age, of deceased or honorably discharged Officers or enlisted persons, who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America, whose service entitles them to membership in the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) of the United States as specified by the laws governing eligibility in the VFW, and who are in possession of or entitled to an honorable discharge under authority of a Charter duly granted by the National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, do unite to establish a permanent organization