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(WCYB) — The American Legion Post 24 of Johnson City held a dedication ceremony Wednesday at Tannery Knobs to mark the completion of their "Raise the Flag Project." The initiative, which began ...
The average age of an American Legion ... that can carry the flag, a lot of times, the community forgets about the veterans,” Burger said. He emphasized the legion’s role in veteran memorial ...
The American Legion was founded in 1919 and was recognized by Congress that year with a national charter. The organization was created to advocate for Veterans of World War I. Over the years ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Join American Legion Auxiliary Unit 10 as they honor military families. Purple Up Day celebrates military children and the hardships military families overcome. There will be ...
STICKNEY, Ill. (WGN) — An American Legion Post in southwest suburban Stickney is crying foul, saying the Village mayor and police chief are harassing them with bogus citations and tickets in an ...
a special ceremony honored the donation of a historic American flag to American Legion Post 59. The flag, which once flew aboard the U.S. Navy supercarrier Kitty Hawk (CV-63) in the 1960s ...
The new display includes a U.S. flag, as before, as well as a POW/MIA banner and an American Legion flag. Marine veteran Frank Carson, Post 26's commander, recalled stepping into his current ...
For decades, American Legion baseball was a staple of North Jersey summers. This summer, there wasn't a single team in Bergen, Passaic, Morris or Sussex counties. That absence is part of a larger ...
EVANSVILLE — There's a slew of former high school standouts from Southwestern Indiana playing American Legion baseball this summer. Eugene Pate and Newburgh boast graduates from multiple area ...
ASHBY — The Holmes-Curran-Bennett American Legion Post 361 of Ashby recently conducted two flag burning ceremonies of unserviceable flags. The ceremony was originally scheduled for June 14 to ...
Several U.S. flags were retired Friday during the Sterling American Legion’s annual Flag Day ceremony at Pioneer Park. Monty Waite calls for colors to be posted during the Flag Day ceremony.
Today, we know this date to be Flag Day. American Legion Post 14 on Lakeshore Drive in Shreveport celebrated by holding a flag retiring ceremony to dispose of unserviceable flags donated to them by ...