AVSOPS.org

AVSOPS.org is a Virginia nonprofit corporation (501(c)(3) determination pending with the IRS) that maintains the most comprehensive open-data directory of veterans service organizations and patriotic societies in the United States — more than fifteen thousand listings spanning all fifty states, freely accessible online. The organization’s mission is to strengthen the veterans ecosystem through visibility, data stewardship, and institutional access using open-data principles. ^[1] Source 1 AVSOPS.org — Mary and Ed Arnold memorial Website

The nonprofit was created in honor of Mary Miller Arnold Person Mary Miller Arnold b. 1938 · d. 2006 United States Senate Doorkeeper Supervisor for twenty-one years and a leader in the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria. Memphis State University alumna, born in Jonesboro, … (1938–2006) and Edwin L. Arnold Sr. Person Edwin L. Arnold Sr. b. 1929 · d. 2012 United States Marine Corps Lieutenant and Korean War combat veteran; spent thirty-eight-plus years at the U.S. Veterans Administration / Department of Veterans Affairs, including … (1929–2012) — Alexandria residents whose long federal-service careers, particularly Edwin’s thirty-eight-plus years at the Veterans Administration / Department of Veterans Affairs, shaped the organization’s mission. Both Arnolds are interred at 2823 King Street Place 2823 King Street Twenty-two-acre garden cemetery in Alexandria's Rosemont district, chartered 1856 by thirty Alexandrians on land sold from the estate of Hugh C. Smith. A representative entry in … .