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Christmas Banquet Entertainment #2

Written by Jeff Mattingly on . Posted in American Legion Post 281 News, Announcements.

Time is running short. Please click the link below to get your tickets!

Thank you Chaz & Sheila Spampinato for arranging this year’s entertainment

Steve ILes sends this update:

Hey all,
A quick update on the folks entertaining us at the banquet.
Drew Davis is the comedian & here is a link to one of his 8 minute YouTube videos.
https://youtu.be/t6Ekq4oN7ss?

JC Anderson is a country music artist singer-songwriter & has been a worship leader at Joy Church Int’l in MJ. Here is a You Tube link for him.
https://youtu.be/IPhNtvXHg_0?is=QRJl0ZqMDXr9vvLq

Again, NO performance fee is being requested, BUT Chaz & Sheila have asked that we have a donation bucket available for each one.


It looks like this could be a great show for us, so let’s try & promote it as much as we can!

We’ve had between 60-80 folks for the last few yrs, so it would be nice if we could get close to 100 in total!
**If we get there, obviously I’d work with the catering staff to ensure we had the seating capacity.

Thanks

Tickets are on sale now! Click Here

There seemed to be a call for more variety in menu items this year. So after your voting, we’ve changed up a few things and narrowed it down to what you’ll find in the ticket selections.

We’re hoping you find the credit card payment method easy and convenient.

Don’t Delay, we need to give the caterer our orders by November 20th.

Post Picnic RESCHEDULED TO:, Charlie Daniels Park, Pavilion #5 @ 1200 hrs, 07 NOV 26 #2

Written by Terry Ward on . Posted in American Legion Post 281 News, Announcements.

10 OCT, Is Not Happening. The picnic has been rescheduled to 07 NOV

All members,

A quick reminder about our annual picnic that we are hosting, HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO, Saturday, 07 NOV 26, at the Charlie Daniels Park in Mt. Juliet, starting at noon. Bring a favorite side dish or dessert to share with others that will serve from 4 to 8 folks, along with a serving spoon that has your name on it. Burgers, Dogs, some BBQ and all of the “fixins” will be sponsored by the post. ALSO, bring all of your family and any Veteran friends and their families too. If ya got a favorite outdoor games, bring them.

USMC Birthday

Written by Jeff Mattingly on . Posted in American Legion Post 281 News, Announcements, Post 281 Auxiliary.

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 281 will be presenting a wreath at the Clock Tower in Mt. Juliet on Tuesday, November 10, at 12:30 pm.

Please come celebrate with us

For more than a century, the Corps recognized July 11 as its birthday, often marking the day with little fanfare, according to the Marine Corps History Division. That changed in 1921, when Maj. Edwin North McClellan, who led the Corps’ Historical Section, recommended that the commandant, Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, restore the original Nov. 10 founding date. Lejeune issued Marine Corps Order 47 on Nov. 1, 1921. The order summarizes the Corps’ history, mission and traditions and directs every command to read it aloud each Nov. 10, a tradition Marines still follow.

The first Marine Corps Birthday Ball likely took place in Philadelphia in 1925, according to the History Division. In 1952, Commandant Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr. formalized the birthday celebration across the Corps and outlined the cake-cutting ceremony Marines still follow. Traditionally, the first piece of cake goes to the guest of honor. The second piece goes to the oldest Marine in the room, who then passes it to the youngest Marine, representing the transfer of wisdom, history and the enduring brotherhood of the Corps to the next generation.

The birth of the Marines wasn’t a grand, meticulously planned enterprise. It was a bold wartime initiative that, according to Marine Corps tradition, took root in a local tavern. Yet, from those humble beginnings grew a fiercely proud military branch bound by an unbreakable ethos.

Today, the Marine Corps birthday is more than a party; it is a sacred time for reflection. It gives Marines a chance to honor the Devil Dogs who made the ultimate sacrifice, reconnect with their brothers and sisters in arms and share the memories that bind them together forever.

For Blue Star Families, the history of the Marine Corps is an everyday reality shaped by deployments, frequent relocations and the unique tempo of Marine life.

When that cake is passed from the oldest to the youngest Marine on Nov. 10, it honors not just the warfighters on the front lines, but the resilient spouses, children and support networks who hold down the home front.