Post 7 Visits Our New Home – Legion Riders on the Prowl
Last Saturday Durham Post 7 Riders accepted an open invitation to “drop on by and sit a spell.” They showed up in mass.
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Day Trippers – Legion Riders
Last Sunday, March 21st, the Post 6 Legion Riders had their first unofficial run (unofficial because we do not have our patches sewn on yet) down to “Pic n Pigs” in the Southern Pines area. The entire trip was around 160 miles.
Read moreNational D-Day Memorial
The story about the Bedford Boys is a tale of country kids who signed up for the Reserve to receive extra pay for weekend drills. Pearl Harbor changed all of that and the men of Bedford, Virginia, was ordered to active duty and that led to a D-Day Landing. In 2011 a Chapel Hill High School 10th-grader, Gracian D’Cruz, asked the Chapel Hill Knights of Columbus and other local veteran groups to help sponsor a project to fund the National D-Day Memorial. It was in financial trouble and local students wanted to help. Local vets led by American Legionnaires Jerry Pilarski and Lee Heavlin worked to help the students. Chapel Hill Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9100 also provided funding and support and, in June students and veterans travelled to Bedford for the 67th D-Day Commemoration events. Gene and Louise Drogos also made the trip.
Read moreVeterans Day 2020 – Post Dedication
It was Veterans Day. On Wednesday, November 11th, 2020, at about 11:00 hours, post members and families departed their homes
Read morePost History Shared
As you look around the new post you will see member-provided memorabilia. Items will appear on the walls. There are command plaques, paintings, pictures and more. There are also some items that have a history…a Post historical item. It could be a flag, book, map, or decor. All these things decorate our post in the same way that we post things around our own homes, dens, offices, and yards.
Read moreHistory on Sale – Saturday 27 June Rummage Sale
We are mostly packed up and preparing to move and, like our own home of many years, not everything will go with us. Now we need your help. Whether you call it a tag sale, yard sale, rummage, or garage sale, we are holding a one-time FOUR-HOUR SALE. It is on Saturday, June 27, 2020, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Read moreMemorial Day Events Held
This year our Memorial Day was tempered due to the North Carolina Executive Order limiting large gatherings. Added to that was a Boy Scout directive limiting Scout participation decorating graves. Things were looking bleak.
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We may not be able to gather at our Post or in local halls, parks, and cemeteries this year, but our hearts are full of memories to share. There are tales of service to our Country by family, friends, and others that flow freely during Memorial Day weekend. As our reminder to you, we share this Memorial Day video.
Read moreSilent Graves
Our National cemeteries are without flags on graves this year. Our local cemetery will be quieter this Memorial Day, too. An annual tradition was silenced by a virus–Covid-19.
Read moreMilitary Tattoo
For over 400 years there has been the Military Tattoo. It was first used to alert tavern keepers to “turn off the taps,” the drummer is coming.
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