A quick reminder about our annual picnic that we are hosting, Saturday, 10 OCT 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.
We’ll be voting on this amendment October 13, 2026.
An email was sent requesting 20 members in good standing reply in support of the proposed amendment below. We have received 20+ replies and the next step is to make this notification that the proposed amendment will be voted on at the October General Membership Meeting.
Proposed By-Laws Amendment
By-Laws – ARTICLE VII – AMENDMENTS states:
Section 1. These By-Laws may be amended at any regular meeting by a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the members present and voting, provided that any such proposed amendment(s) shall have been recommended by the Constitution & By-Laws Committee and have been submitted in writing, signed by a minimum of twenty (20) members in good standing, and made available for the general membership at the next regular general membership meeting. The membership must be given written notice, either by the Post Newsletter, other type of mailing, or email at least thirty (30) days in advance, announcing the time and date when such amendment(s) will be voted upon.
By-Laws –ARTICLE VI – NOMINATIONS – ELECTIONS
This is the CURRENT version of Article VI:
Section 1. NOMINATIONS: The nominations process for Post elected positions begins at the April general membership meeting.
Nominations can also be made from the floor at the general membership meeting in May. Nominees must be present and agree to serve in the position for which they are nominated. Section 2. ELECTION DATE: All officers and Executive Committee members of this Post shall be elected from a slate of nominees at the May meeting. Section 3. INSTALLATION: officers and Executive Committee members shall be installed after the elections as the final act of business at the May general membership meeting. The installing officer shall be an officer from another Post, the Department of Tennessee, National, or a Post 281 Past Commander.
Proposed Amendment:
Section 1. NOMINATIONS: The nominations process for Post elected positions begins at the February general membership meeting.
Nominations can also be made from the floor at the general membership meeting in March. Nominees must be present and agree to serve in the position for which they are nominated. Section 2. ELECTION DATE: All officers and Executive Committee members of this Post shall be elected from a slate of nominees at the March meeting.
Section 3. INSTALLATION: officers and Executive Committee members shall be installed after the elections as the final act of
business at the March general membership meeting. The installing officer shall be an officer from another Post, the Department of Tennessee, National, or a Post 281 Past Commander.
Reasoning: Whereas the level of activity during the month of May is historically crowded with intensive fundraising (HAF), presentation of the Annual Budget to the membership for approval, Boys State interviews and high school awards programs the incoming officers have little time to prepare for these events and tasks. Moving elections up to March would allow more time for incoming officers to prepare and hopefully be more productive during our busiest months.
Hereby Recommended by the Constitution & By-Laws Committee:
Cmdr Mike Faoro, 1st Vice Brandon Adderholt, 2nd Vice Wayne Smith, SO Patti Whitmore, FO Steve ILes, Adj Jeff Mattingly
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.
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.
We’ve had an inquiry on the website from a Mr. Jeff Walker. It reads:
“I found a newspaper article at the Mount Juliet library that shows where the bridge that was just taken down was dedicated to William Edsel Wright, who was killed in action 1945 on Iwo Jima. The American Legion helped dedicate the bridge with his mother present and I am sponsoring a petition to have the new bridge dedicated to the same person. Just curious if the American Legion would like to be involved in attempting to rededicate it to William Wright again.”
According to HonorStates.org PFC Wright was killed in a “non combat accident”. That’s not terribly important but what is is that he gave his life for our country and our freedom. He answered the call, he showed up to serve before self. That willingness is the foundation everything else is built on. We salute him and all of our service members. They put it all on the line, and we thank you all deeply for that.
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