American Legion Veterans in Chapel Hill, NC
The Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Reserve Officer Training Corps of The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is honored to invite you to their annual 2015 Veterans Day Ceremony at the Carolina Alumni Memorial.
Read moreThe Orange County Department on Aging invites veterans to a breakfast hosted in their honor on Wednesday, November 11, from 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Lt. Col. Bernardine (Bernie) Donato, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force (Retired) will be the guest speaker.
Read moreIn our newly released newsletter, we included a section on membership and the importance of growing membership. New members are important, but we need to retain all of our existing members.
Read moreThere is something about printed paper. It looks and feels good. A crisp page from a colorful magazine sells issues by the millions. Unfortunately, we can’t do that, but we are making a concerted effort to bring you a post newsletter that is interesting, informative, a source of information.
Read moreFirst Vice Commander, Shane Hale, and UNC veteran student and President of Carolina Veterans Organization, Mike Hart, discussed the UNC veteran-sponsored “Ruck for Hunger” at the last two American Legion membership meetings. We’d like to remind all Legionairres that this event occurs on Saturday, 3 Oct 15.
Read moreEd Gill has a story to tell. It is the story of his father, a Marine who was killed at Iwo Jima. Ed was just three years old when he died a combat casualty.
Read moreIt’s not seen often, camaraderie, that is. It is infrequently used and even less actually done. So what is Camaraderie?
Well it is defined as “mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together.” It’s what we do at the American Legion and in the American Legion Auxiliary.
Alvin “Al” Braxton Hackney passed away on Saturday, July 10th, 2015. He was 83. Al Hackney served for many years
Read moreWith Spring comes graduation and awards ceremonies. Pete Jaeger and Ed Gill presented American Legion ROTC awards to Outstanding Cadets at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Air Force ROTC unit on April 21, 2015.
Read moreJohn Santa is a very proud of the hard work his Marathon Jammers have done this year. They reached their Chapel Hill goal of $10,000!
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