JAMESTOWN – Members of the Disabled American Veterans ( DAV) from throughout the state will hold their annual department convention May 2-4 at the Gladstone Inn & Suites, Jamestown, according to DAV information.

The group will be charting the course for how the state will serve its veterans throughout the year.

More than 60 DAV members, including many ill and injured veterans of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan, are expected to attend.

According to Douglas Benjamin, DAV Department of North Dakota commander from Minot, convention business sessions will include adoption of resolutions to be submitted to DAV’s national convention.

Several of these mandates are expected to concentrate on improvements in the rights and benefits earned by more than 4 million veterans disabled in wartime service to their country. DAV leaders are deeply concerned about fully funding the Department of Veterans Affairs and properly implementing the Honoring our PACT Act, according to the news release.

The convention’s highlight will be a banquet on Saturday with featured speakers Justin Hart, DAV assistant National Service director, and Past DAV Auxiliary National Commander Sandra Dobmeier.

Election of new DAV state-level officers for the coming year will be held on Sunday.