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• Sunday, November 17, 2024

  Dept of NY donates $100,000 to Tunnel to Towers

  Department of New York Commander Keith Koster felt it couldn’t be a more fitting Veterans Day tribute than to join an estimated 20,000 marchers in New York City’s annual parade and at the same time present a $100,000 donation to Tunnel to Towers to benefit wounded veterans and families who lost a parent in combat. Commander Koster and Adjutant James Casey made the check presentation.

  The donation was the latest in a series of grants the Department of New York has awarded to agencies and organizations that help veterans.

  Video clip of the presentation

   

• Friday, November 08, 2024

  Remember and Rejoice

  
  By Keith Koster
  Commander
  American Legion Department of New York

  It is needless to point out that Veterans Day is about remembering the sacrifices of all those who have served our country in the Armed Forces.

  But it should also be a day of rejoicing – “rejoicing that American manhood and womanhood always have measured up to our responsibilities,” as an American Legion speech noted 70 years ago to celebrate the first Veterans Day. President Dwight Eisenhower had signed a proclamation in 1954 changing Armistice Day, which celebrated the end of World War I, to Veterans Day.

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• Tuesday, November 05, 2024

  Veterans Day Discounts and Freebies

  

  The VA has compiled a list of Veterans Day free meals and discounts.

  2024 Veterans Day discounts, free meals and other retail offers

• Membership Impact Report for October 2024

  Here is the American Legion Membership Impact Report for October 2024.

  

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