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Thursday, April 29, 2021
How Historians Can Submit History Books for Contest
Post, County and District historians may submit entries for the Department’s History Book Competition at the Department Convention, no later than noon on July 29, reports Department Historian Frank Carletta.
In a letter to historians, he explains:
“History Books can be turned in at the registration desk or to me no later then noon on the 29th of July 2021. Seeing we did not have a Convention last year (2020), start your yearbook 2019 into 2021 and only Two Volumes will be accepted. Please, if you have any questions, call me. My number is on the Department website.”
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Tuesday, April 27, 2021
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Monday, April 26, 2021
Department Convention Limited to 100 with Altered Voting Procedures
Department Adjutant James Casey today announced updated plans for the 103rd Department Convention, to be held July 23 – 31, 2021 at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Albany.
The COVID-restricted convention will be limited to 100 Legionnaires in attendance, with amended voting procedures for election of the 2021-2022 Department Commander.
Below is the full announcement.
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Thursday, April 22, 2021
New Junior Shooting Chairman’s Guide Available
The Junior Shooting Sports Program (JSSP) now has a new Chairman’s Guide available in the “Downloads” section of the JSSP Resource page located at https://www.legion.org/shooting/resources.
This guide has been developed to assist junior shooting sports chairmen at all levels in organizing and understanding responsibilities for the Junior Shooting Sports Program, administered at either the post or department level, as well as outside entities that may wish to participate in The American Legion’s National Tournament.
This guide replaces the previous JSSP admin manual.
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Friday, April 02, 2021
MyLegion.org Under Re-construction
NOTICE
Mylegion.org is under re-construction at the National level. Please be patient while National transitions us all to the new format and program.
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Sunday, March 14, 2021
Ian Chung Is 2021 State Oratorical Champ
FROM LEFT: State Champion Ian Chung with the four other finalists, Riley Meckley, Abigail Christopher, Rachel Yorke and Maya Segal.
ALBANY — Ian Chung, a freshman at Vestal Senior High School in Vestal, is The American Legion New York State Oratorical Champion for 2021, Oratorical Chairman Anthony Paternostro announced.
This year’s contest was conducted on March 6 at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center, Albany.