FROM THE COMMANDER:

Fellow Legionnaires,

Greetings and thank you for taking the time to keep informed about your Post’s planned activities. We remain hopeful in finding you and your families doing well in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

We again express our gratitude for the support by the members of Post 281, Sons of the American Legion and American Legion Riders, and our Auxiliary for all of our ongoing efforts and staying the course.

Your Executive Committee met on 1 September. We revised our agenda, again, and canceled our next scheduled meeting on 8 September. Our next monthly meeting is scheduled for 13 October at the Mount Juliet Senior Activity Center.

Our Annual Post 281 Picnic will be held on 12 September from 11 am to 3 pm at Mt. Juliet’s Charlie Daniels Park, Pavilion #2. Usual fare will be hamburgers and hot dogs and the fixin’s. If you wish, you may bring a side dish, but this is not required. Please wear your face masks. Food handlers will be gloved. Please place your family clustered and individuals seating, where possible, to keep masked and 6 ft distance if possible…

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FROM THE COMMANDER:

Fellow Legionnaires,

Greetings and hope this finds you and your families healthy and doing well in the midst of the current COVID-19 Pandemic. The numbers in Tennessee keep creeping higher and it is a scary time and we all must take appropriate precautions.  Therefore I have consulted with the Executive Committee on 11 July. I asked and it was unanimously agreed upon to cancel our 14 July meeting.

There was nothing on the agenda that could not wait until our next August meetings. In order to protect our families and fellow members, we all must listen to our government leaders and keep up with social distancing, wearing of masks while in the public and wash our hands at every available opportunity and use hand sanitizer…

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Well we certainly have had our world turned on its ear in the last few weeks. I sincerely hope this note finds you and your families well. Please continue to follow the guidelines and keep yourselves and others safe and healthy.

Thanks to Hillis Banks for reaching out to our membership for a Buddy Check.

If you have a minute, reach out to your Legion comrades, friends and neighbors and just have a short chat or electronic communication. They will appreciate the gesture…

Brenda J Thompson, Commander

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Shifted Perspectives

Shortly after midnight on March 2nd, our communities, our city, and our state had to face the anger and despair of one of the worst forces of weather. In the course of less than 45 minutes a tornado blasted a hole into our world, the likes of which some will never fully recover from. All of us have been impacted, some of us in the loss of property and security and order in our lives, while others are dealing with the loss of loved ones and friends and neighbors…

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Well we are in a new year and it is flying by… February already.

This month brings the Mid-Winter Conference in Murfreesboro; interviews for the Boys State Candidates; the beginning of the Auxiliary’s Tree Sale; finding sponsors for the Baseball Teams and for Honoring America’s Flag – whew! I am sure there is more.

We only have about 85% of our members renewed at this point. If you still need to renew, please do so as soon as you can. If you know another 2019 member, please remind them to renew. We want (and need) to maintain our members. You are all important to the Tyler Cates Post 281 family.

We will have social time from 6:30 to 6:59 on meetings days. We will have some snacks and refreshments. Please come at 6:30 and share some camaraderie with your Post brothers and sisters. See you at the meeting on Tuesday

Brenda J Thompson
Commander

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Happy New Year!

As we enter 2020, we have a great opportunity to further our FOUR PILLARS of SERVICE.Happy New Year! As we enter 2020, we have a great opportunity to further our FOUR PILLARS of SERVICE.Let’s strengthen and grow our Post, so that we may:·

• reach out to and provide assistance & comradeship to many more of our fellow Veterans.·
• strengthen our relationships with the active Veterans’ organizations in Wilson County·
• work closely with our Riders, Auxiliary, Honor Guard and Sons groups·
• support our Baseball teams, Boy’s State candidates, JROTC, Scouts, and Oratorical candidate·
• be active in our communityI look forward to Tyler Cates Post 281 having a great year.

Brenda J Thompson, Commander

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From Commander Thompson: It is the time of year when we can relax and enjoy the efforts of our labor and the blessings of our family, our health, and our security that are provided by the great state and this great country that we all live in.

As an American Legion post, we’ve had an exciting year with some great strides and advancements of who we are and our position of commitment to our local community through our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness. The successes of our previous commanders have reaped benefits for the post and it is my strongest desire, as Post 281’s forth Commander, to continue that tradition.

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From Commander Thompson:

November is the month that everyone recognizes and celebrates Veterans. Of course, we in the American Legion do that every day. It is important that we take the opportunity to talk to those who did not serve, to our children and to our community, to help them understand why we are so proud or our service to our country – both in uniform and as a member of the American Legion…

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