With chairs stacked against the wall of their hall space, Craig DeOld, commander at Veterans of Foreign War Post #1018, poses at the empty bar rail at the post's rental space, Monday, March 15, 2021, in Boston. Local bars and halls run by the VFW and American Legion posts have fallen on hard times during the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers say many risk permanent closure after states ordered them, like other bars and halls, to shutter last spring. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)