We had a rather unique New Year's Eve celebration. Fred Zimmer, an old and respected member of our community, came up with the idea of being the 1st in the ...
"Membership is a matter of Pride. Pride in Tradition. Pride in heritage. Pride in accomplishment. Pride in Serving. Pride in belonging."<br>Don't leave home ...
I am a disabled, Viet Nam veteran. As a volunteer project, I have developed the Veterans Research & Advocacy Center to help veterans find the resources they...
Thought this may be interesting to the webmasters out here and anyone else:<br>There will be an Internet Blackout on 1 February to honor our POWs and MIAs. If...
Hope you all find your way to our Post sometime . We are in eastern lancaster Co. Pa. Will post some pictures of or small but very PROUD Honor Guard when I get...
Sorry to hear you have a problem with getting enough to fill your depleated ranks . We have the same problem . Tuff to get younger Vets to join in anything . ...
Very small but proud unit . We try to do as much as we can when it comes to Parades and other events . Will post more pictures when I get them scanned ....
You have a nice color guard. Ours seems to be doomed. We have a meeting this month because our color guard commander *he's 82* is quitting and with him three...
Hey thanks for the comments !! We always have people comming and going . The oldest in ours is 80 , he still makes all the parades, and funerals . Just really ...
Hey- thanks for the reply. Our oldest member is 82, but he isn't doing any of the parades any more. We had a meeting today and we do still have a color guard....
Just dosen't seem to be alot of intrest in anyones Honor Guards . What a shame on the Vets of all Posts , That might be a broad statment , just a observation ....
... Laurel Main Street Festival (Yesr #20 for our Color Guard) on the first Saturday of May, and I guess we'll be doing Ivy Hill Cemetery in Laurel together...
I joined your club to try to get a perspective of the different American Legion Posts around the country. How they operated, incites to member partisapation,...
Hi. Welcome to this club. I can tell you that not all posts are like that, but I have seen that a lot of legion posts don't have a lot of black members. My...
Thanks for the information. I guess that the KKK might still have a tap root down in this area. I feel that a veteran is a veteran no matter the color of his ...
James,<br>Please do no0t let the actions of one post get you down. Each post is an independent organization with it's own personality.<br><br>Try another post....
I am also a Viet Nam Vet, and have found a lot of<br>good friends through the Legion. My Post has all<br>races and we all get along real well. Hope you can...
I truely feel sorry for Posts that condone this type of action . They do nothing for the sake of all Veterans . Most of them should know by now that we the ...
I don`t see it as a problem,personally I am a gulf war vet and I enjoy the old timers from WW2,Korea and Vietnam,I have made many friends in and through my...
Hello to all. Good to see other post and members online. Visit our site at http:chrismurphy.com<br><br>Chris Murphy<br>Commander, Michael A. Rawley Jr. Post ...
I am a member of Am. Legion post 29, Siloam Springs Ar. I am A Vietnam Vet, and along with the Legion, I am a Member of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter...
I to am having problems with some of the officers of my post who have become self-serving because they have let the power go to their head. I thought about ...
Don't know what to say , there will always beglory grabbers no matter where you are . I'm a Post Commander, we sponserd the Moveing Wall Last year , had very ...
I agree with you. Maybe you should contact the Legion post that person was from and tell them what is going on and ask for a different person to place a wreath...
Does anyone other than me feel kind of defiled to know that someone that chose not to help us defend the freedom's and liberty's that we have under the...
To tell you the truth, Mr. Clinton has problems handling women much less firearms. I doubt he ever fired any weapons. Then again how could he when he was in ...
Let's remember the last line in the Preamble to the Constitution of The American Legion:<br>to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to ...
The American Legion is an organization of wartime veteran's who value other veteran's comradeship. I don't know why that particular member was asked to leave...
