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Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Department Legion Family Golf Tourney Is Aug. 4
The Annual Department of New York Legion Family Golf Tournament will be held on Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, Golf Chairman Auseklis Krumins announced.
The 18-hole, Captain & Crew event gets under way at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 4 at Maple Hill Golf Club in Marathon, NY.
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Thursday, February 23, 2017
Black History Helping to Revitalize Post in Nation’s Capital
By Henry Howard
The American LegionAmerican Legion Post 5 in Washington, D.C., is working with American University faculty and students on a unique revitalization project.
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Saratoga WarHorse Hits Milestone: 600th Veteran
The Saratoga WarHorse program hit a milestone in February in combating the invisible brokenness of post-traumatic stress among military veterans.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Consolidated Post Report Form Now Available
The 2016-2017 Consolidated Post Report form is now available on the Department website on the Resources page.
The PDF form is fillable when opened in Adobe Acrobat Reader (free).
Post officers should fill it out and return it to Department headquarters.
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Friday, February 10, 2017
2017 Baseball Rules & Bylaws, Tournament Dates Available
The Department Baseball Committee has published the 2017 Rules and Bylaws, along with the tournament dates, Baseball Chair Bruce Mayfield announced.
Check out the Legion Baseball page.
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Friday, February 03, 2017
24 Chaplains to Be Added to Chaplains Hill Monument
by Ken Kraetzer, SAL Radio
White Plains, NY Feb. 3, 2017 — The names of 24 Protestant Chaplains who died in service including two who remain Missing In Action from the Korean War are planned to be recognized this spring at Chaplains Hill in Section 2 at Arlington National Cemetery on a revised plaque.
The announcement came on the 74th anniversary of the “Four Chaplains” who gave up their lives for others during World War II on the torpedoed troopship Dorchester.
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