Agenda for Post meeting on Tuesday, 13 May with social time and food STARTING 5:30 pm ,   MT. Juliet, Charlie Daniels Park, Community Center, Room Bravo   

NEW START time for the pizza and social time is 5:30 PM.   Regular meeting  begins at 6:00 pm.   We must be done NLT 7:45 pm on meeting nights.  

Welcome guest and all members in attendance.  

Adoption of minutes as posted on the Website 18 APR. 

The busiest Month of the YEAR is here….  Calendar UPDATE as follows: 

Sunday 18 May, Run for the Wall Support, 3:00 pm, at Golden Bear/Beckwith Road, bring your American Flag and support the Run for the Wall riders as they pass by on I 40, headed to Lebanon for a fuel stop at Pete’s Truck Stop, enroute to Cookeville.

Honoring America’s Flag Display in cooperation with the Mt. Juliet Exchange Club

Thursday 22 May,  09: 00 am, Clock Tower at MT Juliet RD and East and West Division, in stall rebar for Honoring America’s Flag event, with post members, Under Armor volunteers and others, in cooperation with the Mt. Juliet Exchange Club.   Bring work gloves and a small ( 5 lb.) sledgehammer if you own one.  

Thursday 22 May,  10: 00 am, begin Exchange Club assistance support.  See signup schedule, with continuous 24 hr. coverage for each day until take down on the 26^th of May. 

Saturday 24 May,  6:00 pm to 7:30 pm,   Patriotic Honor Concert at Honoring America’s Flag event, featuring Mt. Juliet’s JBD express, along with the Ed Bray’s Ledgen race car #66.  Food truck will be available.  Tickets for attending are sold at the entrance; recommended donation is $12.  Special tickets for an American Flag set, a burger, chip and drink, and enjoy the concert for $50 donation.  See flyer on this website.    

Monday 26 May, 3:00 pm,  Take down and storage of flags and posters.  

2.  Thanks to former Executive Committee members, Mike Faoro, Bob Snuck, Shawn Taylor, and Don Barnes for their dedication and service to the post.   Member Mike Faoro is presenting two JROTC award to students at GHHS at 5:00 pm, 13 May.  

3.  Oath of Office to our next Executive Committee for the year 2025-2026 will be conducted by former CDR Lew Hightower New 1^st Vice, Jeff Mattingly, 2^nd Vice Brandon Adderholt, S.O. Patti Whitmore and new S@A Mike Adams will not be at the meeting due to planned vacations.   New Adjutant Bruno Padovani, F.O. Steve Iles, and Chaplain David Hale will be administered the Oath of Office.     

4. Boys state update, we have 11 young men have registered with Dept attending. 

5.  Mid-Year Department Convention, Murfreesboro 14 -15 June, basically 8 am to  Steve Iles , Patti Whitmore and I will be attending. 

6.  Wilson County Memorial Day (26 May) at the Vet Center in Lebanon @ 10 am, for all of Wilson County.   HG will be present to conduct rifle volley.   

8.  Next big event on the horizon is the State/County Fair in 14-23 Aug.

Officers Reports , 1^st V/2^ndV/ADJ/FO/SO/CH (sick call) HG/ALR/ Committees  

Closing Protocol to follow.  

9.  Next regular post meeting scheduled for 10 June 2025     

Agenda for Post 281 regular meeting, 8 APR 25 @ The Charlie Daniels Park, Community Center, Room “B” as in BRAVO   

6:00 PM, Mission BBQ is serving tonight with a variety of their wonderful BBQ options, along with green beans and cole slaw and drinks and dessert too along with soft drinks, tea, and cookies too. Socializing while eating. Mary will address our members and give everyone an update on their special days for veterans 17 May, (Armed Forces Day) at their restaurant located at Opry Mills Malls and when free sandwiches for Veterans will be available. 

On or about 6:30,  Begin opening protocol for the meeting.

Quits of Valor Presentations for members Arnie Painter and Don Moody/ by Robert St. John and John Herko.      

Adoption of the minutes as posted on the Post website;  28 March, February as posted by the Post Adjutant.   

Officer reports:     1^st Vice, 2^nd Vice,  ADJ, FO, SO,  S@A, CH (sick call)

HG, ALR, SAL, Auxiliary updates ,  Buddy Calls update/ John Herko

CDR     New Business / Correspondence/ CDR’s Comments 

  Nominations for 2025/2026 Post Officers are open and looking to fill the  1^st Vice, 2^nd Vice, Adjutant, and Sergeant at Arms post positions.   

 Update on Honoring America’s Flag event,  in May, and special music concert on Saturday, 24 May at the Clock tower.   Cover sequence of timing and special coverages for security.    Set up on 22 May….overnight coverage…..Concert 24 May…take down and storage 26 May.   

Boys State, with our 10 boys we will sponsor, runs from 25 May to 30 May.     

Memorial Day event in Lebanon at the Veterans Center, starting at 11:00 am. 

Next regular post meeting scheduled for 13 May, CDP CC, room Bravo.   11 Mar.      

Anything else for the good of the legion.  

Closing Protocol.          

6:00 PM, Pizza, Chips and Soft Drinks and Cookies  socializing time. 

On or about 6:20,  Opening protocol of post meeting

Welcome Guest speaker, Tennessee Senator Mark Pody.   Senator Pody was  elected as a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate from the 17th district, encompassing Cannon County, Clay County, Dekalb County, Macon County, Smith County and Wilson County. Pody resides in Lebanon, Tennessee.      

Adoption of the minutes as posted on the Post web portal; 11 February as posted by the Post Adjutant.   

Officer reports:     1^st Vice, 2^nd Vice,  ADJ, FO, SO,  S@A, CH (sick call)

HG, ALR, SAL, Auxiliary updates   (Tree Sale information as on our website, plus volunteers)

Oratorical Update

CDR     New Business / Correspondence/ CDR’s Comments /  Leadership  opportunities    

 Discussion about our Honoring America’s Flag event in May,  with Possibilities of a  night of music on 24 May making it big with a Concert at CD Park, 24 May.  

    15 April Post meeting the Mt J CD Park, CC,      

Anything else for the good of the legion.  

Closing Protocol. 

Guest Speaker: Susan P. Hunter, author of book 77 Letters – Operation Morale Booster: Vietnam.

Tuesday, March 4, 2020, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Del Webb Lake Providence Veterans Club

Del Webb Lake Providence Clubhouse, 1100 Del Webb Blvd, Mt. Juliet, TN

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: Contact John Herko, 830-431-1296 or to john.herko@me.com.

Social time (pizza) from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., followed by a short meeting and guest speaker.

About the author: Susan P. Hunter, a passionate supporter of Vietnam veterans (“#BravestGeneration), provides an energetic presentation about  her mother, Joan Hunter) spearheading “Operation Morale Booster” during the Vietnam Era. It became an extraordinary humanitarian effort to ensure that every GI received a letter during the unit’s weekly mail call. Joan became an ardent pen pal to many veterans. One in particular, Robert Johnson, responded to her letters over the span of seven years (1966-1972)…hence, the title of the book. This unlikely “pen pal” relationship helped Johnson through some of his darkest days (including four tours in Vietnam) at home and abroad. As part of the presentation, Susan discusses some of the contrasts between WWII veterans and Vietnam veterans regarding length of assignments, days in combat, and how returning soldiers were treated by the country for which they risked their lives. 

Visit www.susanhunterbooks.com for a more detailed synopsis of her book.