American Legion Veterans in Chapel Hill, NC
We are opening our new Post Veterans Recreation and Work Center on Feb 26th. A poker table, library, lounge chairs, television, and internet accessible computers will be available for drop-in local veterans to use or for members to attend Legion Institute on-line. Veterans can stop by to relax, meet other veterans, and share ideas with others.
Read moreIf you have ever spent time in a field kitchen working with limited resources and a hungry battalion, we are looking for you. And, if you are a swabbie who knows his way around a galley, we need you, too.
Read moreWith any local remembrance of the liberation of German concentration camps, there comes to mind Robert F. Patton. Robert was very active with his military unit association and worked well into his 90’s as an activist supporting remembrance of The Holocaust.
Read moreThe American Legion Chapel Hill is again the host site for the 7th Annual Marathon Jam as a national day of service by musicians to benefit the Fort Bragg Fisher House. Fisher House is “a home away from home for wounded soldiers and their families.”
Read moreTroop 505 and Venture 505 are holding a Court of Honor on Wednesday, February 4, at 7:30 p.m. All post members are invited and encouraged to attend.
Read moreOut he came from the kitchen and still wearing his apron, Post Commander Heavlin was summoned by the assembled members for a special treat. He was about to receive a special award from the post officers.
Read moreThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Women’s Basketball team recognizes a local veteran at each hometown Carolina game. This project was Coach Sylvia Hatchell’s idea several seasons ago, when she wanted to do something special on Veterans Day.
Read moreOur post was able to tap into the vast resources of the American Legion to assist a local women vet and her child. Times were hard and help was running out, when she reached out to the American Legion Department of North Carolina
Read moreWe were pleased to host the District 12 Oratorical Contest at our post. We were supported by many members, our Ladies Auxiliary and by members of Mebane Post 95 and Durham Post 7. Ms.Oratorical Contest CH (2) – Copy Liduviana Veintimilla won district honors.
Read moreThe Holocaust Speaker’s Bureau is holding a special event to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. It is on Monday, January 26.
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