You’ve Earned Them, Wear Them with Pride
Yes, veterans can wear their medals on Memorial Day, along with other military events and gatherings. Since 911, many veterans started wearing their medals on holidays
Read moreFor Over a Century, We’ve Honored the Dead
On Saturday, May 25th, at about 7:15 am when most of Chapel Hill will be just rolling over in their bed or racing to the kitchen before the kids start “cooking” breakfast, many of our veterans will already have been up about two hours. It will be the morning that they head to Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery. Over 500 graves there belong to a veteran. That does not even come close to the total number of veterans buried there. Many do not have a government-provided grave marker.
Read moreMemorial Day 2024 events
We hope you can join us for one of our Memorial Day Weekend events. Here is a summary of what is going on in our town to Honor Veterans.
Read moreDistrict 12 Meeting in May
Post 6 Officers and interested members attend the final District Meeting before the Department Convention. The date is May 11th at 11 a.m. The guest speaker is Department Past Adjutant Frank Stancil. Frank Stancil is also the official Department representative for our District Elections Year 2024-25.
Read morePost Elections – The story behind the ballot
Post Elections are held at our May General Membership meeting. Elections are the most important event for the post. It is when we gather together and select our new leaders. Leadership selection is not a reward. Post Leadership is an immense task and a post needs talented men and women to guide the post through a year that includes a significant number of events that require a lot of work to make it a success.
Read morePost 6 Chapel Hill Hosts NC Pork Council Event
If you missed our Hog Event last weekend, your loss. This reporter visited Friday night to wish the teams well, scout out the program, “grin-hug-and grip,” and cheer them on. As I crested the entrance hill, I was immediately greeted by a gaggle of RVs set up for the night. These guys take their pig events seriously. Everyone was smiling, bragging, and anxiously awaiting the arrival of the the pigs. Cookers were at the ready.
Read moreHog Cooking Event – April 13, 2024
We are coming back in just days of this announcement update. Are you ready for the excitement? We are! Mark your calendar and call your friends. Tell them to wash up, pack the family and head to the American Legion in Chapel Hill. The Classic Cook-off will be ready to Saturday afternoon, April 13th, from noon to 6 p.m.
Read moreTravis Manion Foundation Gold Star Families Fundraiser
Gold Star Families received a real boost this month with the hosting of the 1st Annual Travis Manion Foundation Gold Star Charity Auction. The event was supported by post member Charles Weinberg and proposed by local Air Force ROTC Cadets.
Read morePost 6 Honor Guard Serves at Department Mid-Year Conference
Post Commander Jim Parise announced special recognition to the Post Honor Guard and especially Sergeants-at-Arms Lance Kress and Wally Washburn. Lance and Wally attended the Department of North Carolina Mid-Year Conference and served as members of the Department Honor Guard and “posted the colors” at the conference.
Read morePassing of Elmer G. Hughes at 102
It is with great sorrow that we announce the death and memorial service of one of our long-time members. Elmer Gustavus Hughes, 102, of Chapel Hill, NC died July 29, 2023′ in Chapel Hill.
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