Wedding

My fiance and I are going to be getting married this February, we are going to have a quick ceremony due to his current deployment to Iraq. When he returns we are going to have a large wedding for our friends and families to attend. I am very interested in the use of the VFW as like many other military families....we are on a tight budget. We both are members of the VFW and are wondering where to begin to look. I want a nice wedding/reception. How can I make this work for us? We will be having the ceremony in the Chicagoland area...Any suggestions?

Audre