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.
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…
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.
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Thought some of you may be interested. I’ve spent an hour or so trying to remember when and where.
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.
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.
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.
Hello to all members and friends of Post 281. It seems that our typical six weeks of winter is holding true again this year and by the end of February we’re well into Spring. Once spring arrives, our busy time will soon begin.
As I look in retrospect to the past Post 281 year, I take great pride in all we have accomplished. As always, our post offers great support in so many community efforts. Here is a quick review of 2023 for our post, and as they say, “a picture is worth a thousand words.”
General Meeting Minutes COMPILED/SUBMITTED BY: ADJ Shawn R Taylor REGULAR MEETING MINUTES – Date: 9 Jan 2024 Reviewed By: CMDR Ward, POST 281, DEPARTMENT OF TENNESSEE CONVENED: 1836 hrs. ADJOURNED: 2015 hrs. MEMBERS PRESENT: 28 VISITORS: 1 POST OFFICERS: 8 TOTAL: 37
ASSEMBED At 1800 hrs., doors of the Mt. Juliet Senior Activity Center (MJSAC) were opened. Sgt-at-Arms Elliott Tadych provided Pizza and soft drinks…
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