Bob Workman, a board of directors member at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #1018, scratches a lottery ticket prior to a meeting, Monday, March 15, 2021, in Boston. Local bars and halls run by 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)

Bob Workman, a board of directors member at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #1018, wears a stars and stripes protective mask and a Vietnam veteran hat as he prepares for a meeting, Monday, March 15, 2021, in Boston. Local bars and halls run by 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)

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)

Paul Guilbeault, quartermaster at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #3260, walks through the empty parking lot of the former post, Friday, March 12, 2021, in New Bedford, Mass. Guilbeault knew the writing was on the wall for the last Veterans of Foreign Wars post in this city south of Boston when businesses across Massachusetts were ordered to close as the coronavirus pandemic took hold last March. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

With tables and chairs stacked against the wall of their rental hall space, Craig DeOld, commander at Veterans of Foreign War Post #1018, center, and Board of Directors member Grady Durden, right, salute the flag at the start of a virtual post meeting, Monday, March 15, 2021, in Boston. Local bars and halls run by 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)

Paul Guilbeault, quartermaster at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #3260, poses outside the building former home of the post, Friday, March 12, 2021, in New Bedford, Mass. Guilbeault knew the writing was on the wall for the last Veterans of Foreign Wars post in this city south of Boston when businesses across Massachusetts were ordered to close as the coronavirus pandemic took hold last March. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Craig DeOld, commander at Veterans of Foreign War Post #1018, stands in the post's empty parking lot as the sun sets, Monday, March 15, 2021, in Boston. Local bars and halls run by 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)