The VFW was originally chartered by The U.S. Congress in 1899 and re chartered in 1918 at the end of WW I. The organization consists of over 2.1 million members who have served in a combat theater during their military service. VFW Post 6110 is located in the bucolic Mint Canyon area of The Santa Clarita Valley approximately 35 miles NW of Los Angeles. Gold was originally discovered here in Placerita Canyon some 4 years before Sutters Mill which started the Gold Rush.