Don Fox Park, Pavilion #3 on the bypass, (955 W Baddour Pkwy, Lebanon, TN 37087)
Saturday, 10 Aug 24, Noonish? Details are a little sketchy. But according to Bill Moss of VFW Post 5015 in Lebanon, ‘All veterans are welcome’.
Looks to be a nice day! Come on out and see what’s happening!
I was able to verify that the pavilion is reserved beginning at 1300hrs.
Have Fun!
6:00 PM, Evening finger foods provided by Bridget Passatore, Soft Drink and socializing time.
On or about 6:45, Begin opening protocol for the meeting
Introduce Abigail Whicker as the Department Winner of the Department Oratorical Winner and as a top finalist in the National Oratorical Contest held at Hillsdale College in Michigan last May, as she presents her award-winning speech.
Recognize QOV presentation by post members John Herko and QOV coordinator, Robert St. John for a quilt presentation for Tosha Boyles in recognition of Tosha’s current active-duty status.
Introduce Eddie Rockensock with information about real estate sales in Wilson County and NAR settlements and how they affect our membership.
Adoption of the minutes as posted on the Post Website
Officer reports: 1st Vice, 2nd Vice, ADJ, FO, SO, S@A, CH (sick call)
Constitution and By-Laws update, final review submitted to Department and awaiting the final official sign-off.
HG, ALR, SAL, Auxiliary updates.
Short- and Long-range event plans, as presented by 2nd Vice Bob Snuck
Aug Sign up for Wilson County Fair, Veterans booth coverage, 16 -24 Aug, email sent to all subscribers on the post website. It’s not too late! Sign up now!
14 Sep Annual Post Picnic, booth 5, Charlie Danile’s Park, Mt. Juliet. Ceremony in honor of Tyler Cates in Sep, or post picnic and then a special time of reflection about Tyler during the picnic?
12 Oct Halloween in the Park
10 Dec Christmas Social/Banquet
14 Dec/ Mt. Juliet Christmas Parade.
New Business Correspondence
Anything else for the good of the legion.
Closing Protocol.
Ok all you volunteers, below you will find a website link to use to sign up for a time slot at the Wilson County/Tennessee State Fair American Legion information booth, at the Veterans’ Building at the Wilson County Fair Ground. All you do is click on the link, pick your day and time and when asked insert your data. You will be remind 2 days before the time you’re schedule to work at the email address you provide. You will also notice that there is a 1-5 pm slot during the week, but the Fair doesn’t open until 5pm so ignore the week days but not for the weekends. If you have any questions or troubles contact Terry Ward @ 615-519-6523 or Bob Snuck @ 615-479-1968. Free entrance parking passes will be coordinated with those that sign up for booth coverage.
The link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B44A4AA2EA0F9C07-50308612-wilson
Reposted at the request of the Commander
A visitor to our website shared the link below. There’s an amazing collection of helpful information on this site not to mention discounts. Discounts you may not be aware of. Who couldn’t use a discount?
Their focus is on helping military families navigate their finances as well as get the support needed in various aspects of their busy lives. Maybe someone you know?
This link is also on our website under Resources/American Legion Links/CouponFollow.com.
Hope you find something useful here: https://couponfollow.com/research/discounts-for-military-families#discounts-for-military-families
| HONORING OUR VETERANS FOR THEIR SERVICE |
To honor the service and sacrifices of our veterans, Tennessee State Parks is proud to introduce the Salute to Service Discount, offering complimentary camping and golf to veterans on each service branch birthday and Veterans Day leading up to the 250th anniversary of our country. It’s our way of saying thank you and encouraging our heroes to enjoy their public lands.
| Thank you to Patti Whitmore for sharing this information! |
Here’s the link for more information and all the dates:
Did you know some big box home improvement stores don’t allow military discounts on appliances and other things like lumber?
If you have encountered this and wondered why, well me too. I guess lumber pricing is so volatile it may be justifiable. But appliances?
Maybe this link under Resources/Veterans Affairs Info will help. One of those big box stores partners with AAFES (Army & Air Force Exchange Service). If you sign up and search for say, ‘refrigerators’, you’ll be able to shop that big box store Tax Free!
The Honor Guard has been busy over the past few weeks. Two services at Bond in Mt. Juliet. One in the rain at the Middle Tennessee Veterans Cemetery and two visits with the 1st Cavalry Division, Delta Co, 1st Bn, 5th Cav, The First Team, at their reunion and memorial for their comrades KIA during Viet Nam. Great group, very gracious and welcoming. They presented us with their unit flag, a donation to the Post, and a 1st Cavalry Division challenge coin for each of our participants.
Added a new link under Resources/Veterans Affairs Info.
Togetherweserved.com (TWS)’s new Buddy Finder was created specifically to help Veterans find those they served with. Now with more than 2.3 million members in five separate service branch websites, TWS has possibly reconnected more Veterans than any other website or organization. The secret behind this high rate of success is the depth of TWS’s hand-built databases that contain hundreds of U.S. military units, ships, squadrons and bases going back to WWII.
To find a person he or she served with, using the Buddy Finder, all a Veteran needs to do is select their service branch and then a keyword and/or number contained in the unit name. A list of all unit possibilities containing that keyword or number is then presented and a selection can be made. Then by entering the timeframe served in that unit, Togetherweserved.com’s search engine quickly looks up all other TWS members who served in that unit at the same time and delivers the total number of possibilities.
Once registered, (FREE) a Veteran will be presented with the complete list of names with direct links to their service profiles ready to make contact. By entering other units and timeframes on their service profile, people who also served in those units will be presented as well.
Thought some of you may be interested. I’ve spent an hour or so trying to remember when and where.
Have Fun!
https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=Home
Not sure who or how to contact your state elected official, then go to: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/Apps/fml2022/search.aspx and follow the instructions.
Here is an excerpt from the link below:
Read our full report and what you need to do by going online to the TNVET website address listed and read our detailed March 28 report about the tax exemption effort.
https://tnvet.org/legislative-success/2024-latest-legislative-actions/