Bluegrass and Porch Music
The Marathon Jam went on as planned today. People were knocking on the doors more than an hour before the start. They came from as faraway as Maryland and Vermont! One couple came in from Fuquay-Varina Post 116!
Read moreVA Eliminates Net Worth as Health Care Eligibility Factor
The Department of Veterans Affairs is updating the way it determines eligibility for VA health care, a change that will result in more Veterans having access to the health care benefits they’ve earned and deserve.
Read moreVietnam Veterans Day
American Legion Post 116 in Fuquay-Varina is hosting a Vietnam Veterans Day tomorrow, Sunday, March 22nd, at the Post Home. The event includes display of the Vietnam Memorial Small Wall.
Read moreBlue Cap Pins
You have seen the pins on our member blue caps. Do you know that you can add a commemorative or service pin to your cap? Officers often wear a pin or bar to show their office held.
Read moreSupporting Local Newspapers
The internet is exciting and offers a lot of options for news, but our local newspapers and radio stations are part of our hometown family. They are tuned in to what is going on and report on what they see and hear around our, no “your” town.
Read moreRecreation Center Opens Thursday
Please join us for our inaugural Post 6 poker gathering, this Thursday, Feb 26, from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM in the lounge (the room usually locked and used by women’s auxiliary). We’ve been working the past week to get this room ready for members to come to the Post Home to spend some time with other members, and to play poker/other cards games or checkers.
Read moreNew Member Benefit – Sheraton Rates
Our neighbor, the Chapel Hill Sheraton, has established a special rate for American Legion members and their families. This means that you can now use the hotel for a weekend away from home, host out-of-towners, and more.
Read moreRobert Patton Remembered
With 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 more7th Annual Marathon Jam – Feb 28
The 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 moreScouting Court of Honor – Feb 4th
Troop 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.
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