The Gladwyne VFW Post at 320 River Road, aside the Schuylkill River, is in trouble. Barstool Sports reporter Kate diagnosed its issues and the help its members now seek.

The cause of its woe has become a common story in Montgomery County over the past handful of years. Rental income disappeared thanks to COVID-19 and the events it cancelled. And the ravaging floodwaters of Hurricane Ida then filled it with water almost to the ceilings.

When the deluge receded back into the Schuylkill, it took more than 75 years of history — artifacts from the Korean War to 9/11 — with it.

What was lost was more than just a building with a bar and some mementos. The erasure took out what local veterans thought of as a second home. And what neighbors considered a hub of the community and a site where needed volunteers were willing to be tapped for service.

Its members tried solving the problem on their own, self-fundraising and doing repair work themselves.

But the core of the building’s utility — the meeting hall, kitchen, and restrooms — are still unusable.

Leader-member Joe Renner launched a GoFundMe effort to restore the structure, returning it to ts former status, a place “…where deceased veterans from the community are memorialized … [that has] hosted many community, family, and veteran events.”

More on the status of the Gladwyne VFW is at Barstool Sports.