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RALLY AROUND THE FLAG
Rally around the flag
Social Circle , GA
1956 - Itami AB, Osaka, Japan. While walking from work to the barracks, I was “caught” during retreat...
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MEMORIAL DAY
Memorial Day weekend in Marshfield, Wis.
Marshfield , WI
Post. 54 will start with putting 2,050 flags on veterans' graves at six cemeteries, assisted by the Boy Scouts and..
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RALLY AROUND THE FLAG
Rally around the flag
Rochester, NY
I visit my parent's and baby sister's graves in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Rochester, N.Y., frequently. To reach my sister"s..
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100 MILES
Post 1703 Legionnaires' 100 Miles for Hope initiative
Prince George , VA
Post 1703 Legionnaires and youth have completed daily wellness activities of at least a half-hour per activity since April 1,..
1,120 views
RALLY AROUND THE FLAG
Pride in our flag
Marana, AZ
The flag of our country brings home to me the courage, heroism, dedication and sacrifice made by every person who..
1,069 views
HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Post 178 website selected a winner in 2021 TALMA Media Contest
Frisco, TX
The American Legion Peter J. Courcy Post 178 website (friscolegion.org) was recently selected a 2021 winner in The American Legion..
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HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
American Legion Peter J. Courcy Post 178 proclaimed a Purple Heart Post
Frisco, TX
American Legion Post 178 recently became only the third American Legion post in the state of Texas to be designated..
1,067 views
RALLY AROUND THE FLAG
#rallyaroundtheflag
Bolivia , NC
On 9/11/2001 when the United States was attacked, I planted my American flag in front of my house in Pennsylvania...
1,320 views
100 MILES
Mission accomplished
Rumford, ME
Started April 1 and did 5 miles a day. Got my 100 miles in and am still going - pushing..
936 views
RALLY AROUND THE FLAG
Our flag
Woodland Park, NJ
Our American flag means the world to me. My family fought for her from the American Revolution to Vietnam and..
999 views
100 MILES
Walking in joy
Cambridge, MA
I have walked 600 miles since August 2020, the start of the 100 Miles for Hope campaign. It has been..
1,543 views
IN YOUR OWN WORDS
We March at Midnight
What would the war do without me? We March at Midnight is award-winning author Ray McPadden’s chronicle of his experience as..
1,123 views
ORATORICAL CONTEST
Francis Scott Key Post 11 Oratorical winner on school TV
Frederick, MD
Diya Jha, a sophomore at Thomas Johnson High School in Frederick, Md., was interviewed by Frederick County School Superintendent Dr...
1,160 views
100 MILES
100 Miles for Hope update
Havelock, NC
We finished our Walk for Hope on May 14. Weather had been good, only causing us to have our walking interrupted..
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OTHER
American Legion Post 178 presents nation’s colors on Armed Forces Day at Frisco Roughriders..
Frisco, TX
The American Legion Post 178 color guard presented the nation’s colors at Dr. Pepper Park preceding the Frisco Roughriders -..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Soldiers' Stories A Collection of WWll Memoirs Vol ll
Here are their experiences, some in their own voices. All had stories to tell, yet some held back, keeping..
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HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
American Legion Post 178 presents awards at Lake Highlands JROTC award ceremony
Frisco, TX
The Lake Highlands High School Wildcat Battalion Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) held their first annual Pass in Review..
1,162 views
OTHER
Armed Forces Day celebration at Frisco Prairie Estates Nursing Home
Frisco, TX
The American Legion Post 178 color guard presented the nation's colors, and Commander Fred Rogers provided an Armed Forces Day..
985 views
HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Texas Legionnaire writes new book
Rockwall, TX
Brent M. Eastwood, Ph.D, from Post 100 in Royse City, Texas, just wrote a new book on what warfare will..
1,080 views
POST MUSEUMS AND MEMORIALS
I asked for a helicopter
Hicksville , NY
Well, I did it. I wrote an email to an admiral asking for a helicopter that we will keep flying..
1,316 views
COMMUNITY MEMORIALS / MONUMENTS
Gold Star Families Memorial Monument dedicated at Frisco Commons Park
Frisco, TX
The Gold Star Families Memorial Monument dedication ceremony was held on May 13, 2021 at Frisco Commons Park, Frisco, Texas...
1,531 views
VETERANS HELPING VETERANS
Our helicopters want to visit your post
Mesa, AZ
Heroes All Around Me I’m 71 years old, retired now and living in Mesa, Ariz. I am a member of an..
1,235 views
MEMORIAL DAY
Charles P. Rowe Post 30 honors the fallen On Memorial Day
, Pomona, CA
Continuing a long-standing tradition, the Charles P. Rowe Post 30 honor guard started the day by conducting a brief ceremony..
1,339 views
WHY I LOVE MY POST
Charles S. Harrison Post 35 (Columbus, Ga.) celebrates Mother's Day with a butterfly release
Columbus, GA
On May 8, 2021, Post 35 held its first Butterfly Release. This was a community event that allowed those who..
1,076 views
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
My story of turning into a 17-year-old-sailor
I was looking up Kiddie Cruiser and came upon this story in Google Search. My story is I had to hit..
1,254 views
WWII STORY
Another fading memory
Indio, CA
By Robert Yakas It’s June. For the last 50 years or so June was the month to remember D-Day –..
1,834 views
IN YOUR OWN WORDS
He Guards The Unknown Soldier
I wrote this poem in June 2010, after retirement, I was on a civilian assignment in Washington D.C. I..
1,043 views
IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Til Valhalla
The Young Black Kings, a music group of Marines stationed in Hawaii, made a song called Til Valhalla that is..
1,463 views
OTHER
American Legion CSM Gary W. Crisp Post 289 charters three Scout troops
Clarksville, TN
Scouting has been around The American Legion since 1919, but in the last few years it has been under attack...
1,220 views
POST MUSEUMS AND MEMORIALS
Veterans museum at Sykes Funeral Home adopted by CSM Gary W. Crisp Post..
Clarksville, TN
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Clarksville's Sykes Funeral Home & Crematory has its own veterans museum. They also have hosted American Legion..
1,192 views
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