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The American Legion Auxiliary Est. November 10, 1920
The American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 74, meets the second Tuesday of each month at the Post Home, downstairs, at 7:00 p.m. The agenda will be old news, new news, planning and ideas to promote service not self with enthusiasm for all. This theme for this year is "Taking Care of Caregivers Who Take Care of Service Members". Also, Our dues for the 2021-2022 is $40 for seniors/$5 for juniors. For more information, contact Ruthann Brown, Unit President, at rsk8mom@aol.com .
A woman who is eligible for membership in The American Legion is also eligible to join The American Legion Auxiliary. The mother, spouse, daughter, sister, grand-daughter, or grandmother of members of The American Legion, and deceased veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces during the listed war eras are eligible to join. We are proud to announce that male spouses of American Legion members are now eligible to join Unit 74.
April 6, 1917 to Nov. 11, 1918 (World War I) Dec. 7, 1941 to Present
Due to the pandemic, we were unable to hand out poppies, for a donation, at store fronts. Instead, we have given some to the Post Color Guard, to hand out, when providing military honors at funerals. We also included them with June newsletter mailout. We will continue to accept donations so that we can support the needs and celebration of veterans.
“The red poppy is a sacred symbol to remind us, as we head into Memorial Day, of those who gave their lives for our freedoms,” the commander and president added. “Their sacrifices cannot be forgotten this year, so it’s going to take some creativity and innovation to conduct local National Poppy Day® events May 22 and distributions over Memorial Day weekend.”
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Auxiliary members need to supply a copy of DD-214 discharge papers for the relative through whom their eligibility is established. The DD-214, officially "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active-Duty," but generally referred to as a DD-214, is a document of the United States Department of Defense, issued upon a military service member's retirement, separation or discharge from active-duty military. Learn more about DD-214 requests.
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