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Agenda for Post 281, 14 May 2024 Meeting

Written by Terry Ward on May 13, 2024. Posted in American Legion Post 281 News.

6:00 PM Pizza, Soft Drinks, and socialize time, Mt Juliet Senior Activity Center,

On or about 6:45, Opening protocol for meeting

Recognize Guest and State Rep Susan Lynn is the guest speaker.
Adoption of the distributed minutes
Officer reports
CDR presents Honoring America’s Flag (HAF) planning and execution.

Present Calendar of events for the month of May. Circulate coverage sheet for HAF.

16 May HAF prep day, Nancy Britts on 291 Guill Rd at 0900

19 May RFTW bridge coverage @ 2:45 to 3:30 on at the Beckwith Road overpass, (exit 229 on I-40) with American Flag waving at the RFTW riders head east to Pete’s Truck Stop for refuels.

19-24 May Boys State at TN Tech.

23 May HAF layout and buildout at the Mt Juliet clock tower/ Train Station

0730 Pat Unger and Carry Cundal conduct layout and marking at clock tower.

0830 Volunteer with Sledgehammers and Leather Gloves for set up of field.

0930 Trustees arrive to help with set up.

1000 Assist Exchange club with escorts and sales. Begin 2400 hr. coverage.

Scheduled coverage of volunteers Blood Assurance Donations

25 May, Scheduled Coverage, Program @ 5:00 PM HAF @ Clock Tower , David Hale Sing National Anthem, Hornor Guard Presents the Colors, Abigail Whicker to give Oratorical presentation, Phil Ponder present the History of our American Flag, Blood Assurance Donations

26 May, Scheduled Coverage

27 May, Scheduled Coverage, shut down and stow away at 1400-1500 as per guidance from Nancy Britt. On or about 1500 transport all of the flags and the support material back to Nancy Britt’s home.

Committee report:

Present Budge for 2024/2025 from John Herko

Sick Call/ Chaplain Assistant
Unfinished business / SAL/ HG/ AUX/ ALR reports
New Business: ELECTION OF 2024/2025 OFFICERS

Current Nominations

CRD Ward, continuing for second year and seventh term.

1^st Vice, Mike Faoro third term

2^nd Vice, Nomination of Bob Snuck

Adjutant Shawn Taylor continues for third term.

Finance Officer Steve Iles continues for 6^th Term.

Service Officer Patti Whitmore continues for 2^nd Term.

SGT AT Arms Don Barns continues for 1^st full term.

Chaplin David Hale begins 3^rd term.

Installation of Post Officers for Legion Year 2024/2025 conducted by former Post Commander Pat Unger
Closing Protocol

Honor Guard Has Been Busy

Written by Jeff Mattingly on May 3, 2024. Posted in American Legion Post 281 News.

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.

What’s a challenge coin?

April 2024 General Meeting Minutes

Written by Shawn R. Taylor on May 3, 2024. Posted in Minutes.

At 18:30 CMDR Ward called the Post to order. Chaplain David Hale offered prayer, followed by placement of the POW/MIA Flag at the designated memorial table by Sgt-at-Arms Don Barnes. This was followed by The Pledge of Allegiance and the Preamble of the Constitution of The American Legion…

Buddy Finder

Written by Jeff Mattingly on April 11, 2024. Posted in Announcements.

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

CONTACT OUR ELECTED STATE REPRESENTATIVES

Written by Jeff Mattingly on April 10, 2024. Posted in American Legion Post 281 News, Announcements.

This is the message we must be sending to OUR ELECTED STATE REPRESENTATIVES

FUND AND APPROVE HB2217/SB2111 NEXT YEAR and make it a permanent budget item!

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:

We tell you this to remind you that the property tax exemption for disabled vets was cut in 2015 and had income limits placed upon it due to a supposed hard financial time for the state and that exemption cut was a late action that vets didn’t find out about until AFTER it happened. TNVET IS STATING YOU NEED TO BE TALKING TO YOUR ELECTED STATE LEGISLATORS TO PROTECT THESE DISABLED VETS!

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/

Agenda for Post Meeting, 9 APR 2024

Written by Jeff Mattingly on April 8, 2024. Posted in American Legion Post 281 News.

Agenda for Post Meeting, 9 APR 2024 beginning at 6:00 PM, SAC Mt. Juliet@ 6:00 PM Food and fellowship offered through the post with pizza, drinks and cookies for desert.

On or About 6:45 PM Opening protocol

CALL TO ORDER

Quilts of Valor Two recipients , Shawn Taylor, and Katie Sarezine.

No guest speaker for the meeting.

CDR “State of the POST” presentation to membership based on questions from the Consolidated Post Report that is due in May, based on 2023-2024, data and historical records.

Petition for post leadership positions, for the 24/25 Post year.

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12 Mar 2024 General Meeting Minutes

Written by Shawn R. Taylor on March 19, 2024. Posted in Minutes.

General Meeting Minutes

COMPILED/SUBMITTED BY: ADJUTANT Shawn R Taylor

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES – Date: 12 Mar 2024

Reviewed By: COMMANDER Terry Ward, POST 281, Tyler Cates, Dept of TN

CONVENED: 1830 hrs. ADJOURNED: 2008 hrs.

MEMBERS PRESENT: 31 VISITORS: 7 POST OFFICERS: 8 TOTAL: 46

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Training Tuesday on March 26th

Written by Jeff Mattingly on March 12, 2024. Posted in Announcements.

American Legion members are invited to a detailed briefing on Medicare Advantage Plans for the Training Tuesday on March 26 at 7 p.m. The session will discuss the advantages of enrolling in these plans alongside existing VA healthcare benefits, covering key aspects such as eligibility, The American Legion partnership with WellCare, and an overview of Medicare Parts A, B, C and D. Special emphasis will be on coordinating healthcare benefits for veterans, maximizing advantages and understanding enrollment periods.

13 February 2024 General Meeting Minutes

Written by Shawn R. Taylor on February 19, 2024. Posted in Minutes.

COMPILED/SUBMITTED BY: ADJ Shawn R Taylor

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES – Date: 13 Feb 2024

Reviewed By: CMDR Ward, POST 281, DEPARTMENT OF TENNESSEE

CONVENED: 1912 hrs. ADJOURNED: 2008 hrs.

MEMBERS PRESENT: 26 VISITORS: 3 POST OFFICERS: 8 TOTAL: 37

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