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Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Membership Workshop Schedule Updated
The Department of New York membership team will kick off the 2014-2015 membership year with a series of five workshops across the state on the two middle weekends in August and the first Saturday in September.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014
5th District Golf Tourney Is Aug. 2
The American Legion 5th District 2014 Golf Tournament takes place Aug. 2 at Green Valley Country Club in West Monroe, NY. (The 5th District encompasses Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Onondaga and Oswego counties.)
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Monday, June 09, 2014
Need Consolidated Post Report for Awards
All Consolidated Post Reports should be completed and mailed to Department as soon as possible.
“I’ll be at Department Headquarters on June 23 going through the reports for Children and Youth awards,” reports Department Children and Youth Chairman John Konkol.
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Friday, June 06, 2014
Legion Salutes D-Day Vets
While world leaders and veterans — including national American Legion Commander Daniel Dellinger — gathered in Normandy, France to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day, American Legion Posts around New York State marked the occasion in a number of ways — from holding memorial services to saluting the World War II vets in their midst.
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Indomitable D-Day Spirit Protects Freedom
By Kenneth GovernorDepartment CommanderI couldn’t help but think of the hundreds of thousands of Army, Navy, Marine, Air and Coast Guard warriors who, 70 years ago today, launched an operation to end the grotesque malignancy of fascism, which had spread throughout so much of the world by 1944.
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Thursday, June 05, 2014
Department Convention Program and Rules.
Convention Rules and Convention Program (with agenda) are now posted on the Department Convention page.