From April 2019 through Jan. 2020, OUR VETERANS book has been a patriotic awareness project by The Leader newspaper. It showcases many Legionnaires of our Garden Oaks Post 560 in Houston, Texas as well as veteran neighbors and/or deceased veteran neighbors from WWI forward. Pictures or stories were submitted by their kin. https://theleadernews.com/help-us-preserve-the-lore-of-our-areas-veterans/

We hosted a scanning party in July to help the newspaper collect the information. https://theleadernews.com/bring-your-vet-photos-to-leader-scan-day/

Veterans could also drop by the newspaper office with their information, too. https://theleadernews.com/our-veterans-will-be-remembered-like-never-bef...

After the book release, our Post hosted an autograph party on Dec. 7, 2019 for the veterans, families and community to meet and hear a few stories of military experiences. We also remembered Pearl Harbor Day. https://theleadernews.com/meet-heroes-from-our-veterans-at-book-signing/

The newspaper wrote a follow up story, too. Who knew we had so many veterans in our neighborhood?
https://theleadernews.com/legionnaires-supporters-meet-heroes-of-our-vet...

From the beginning, the book was advertised with the notation, "A portion of the proceeds will go to Post 560." Recently, several of our officers were on hand to receive a check.
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Partially due to the increased public awareness, on Feb. 5, 2020, our Post reached our Department of Texas membership goal of 309. This total includes 31 new members.