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POST 190 ANNUAL EVENTS
JAN----- ORATORICAL PROGRAM CONTEST
LAW & ORDER DAY PROGRAM
FEB----BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM
POST EVERLASTING, FOUR CHAPLAIN
MAR---JR LAW CADET, SHRINER'S CIRCUS
APR---KIDS EASTER EGG HUNT ACTIVITIES,
Benjanin William Jr., Memorial Scholarship
MAY---- POST ELECTION OF OFFICERS,
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
POST COOK-OUT
CHURCH SERVICE FELLOWSHIP
POST ANNIVERSARY
JUN---BOY STATE, JUNE 15-21 @ RADFORD UNIVERSITY
ROTC AWARDS (4) SCHOOLS
JUL--- CAVALIER MANOR FOOTBALL CLINIC,
Department Convention
AUG-- - Leadership College, START SCHOOL SUPPLIES
SEPT--DONATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO 3 SCHOOLS, 2nd DISTRICT CONFERENCE
OCT-SAFE HALLOWEEN PARTY FOR KIDS, SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS, POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY
NOV-- VETERAN DAY PARADE, VETERANS DAY BRUNCH, HOMELESS VETS
DEC---LUNCHEON FOR VETERANS FROM VA HOSPITAL HAMPTON
DONATE FOOD BASKET TO THE COMMUNITY
GIVE OUT GIFT TO THE YANKS AT VA HOSPITAL HAMPTON
POST XMAS PARTY, ANGEL TREE, JOY FUN/ SICKLE CELL
PRAYER REQUEST
THE FOUNDING OF THE AMERICAN LEGION
On March 15 through 17, 1919, The American Legion was founded in Paris at the first caucus by members of the American Expeditionary Force.
On May 19, 1919 the caucus meeting in St. Louis adopted "The American Legion" as the organization's official name. The Legion's draft constitution was approved, and so was its preamble, which begins: "For God and Country, we associate ourselves together. . ." The preamble, with its heartfelt dedication to freedom and democracy, is still recited today at official gatherings of The American Legion.
On June 9, 1919, the National Executive Committee of The American Legion adopted the Legion Emblem, and on Sept. 16, 1919, the U.S. Congress chartered The American Legion.
This patriotic, mutual help and community service organization has a worldwide membership of nearly three million -- men and women -- in nearly 15,000 American Legion Posts worldwide. These Posts are organized into 55 Departments -- one each for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, France, Mexico, and the Philippines. The Department of Virginia is comprised of 213 posts divided into 17 Districts (Post 190 is in the 2nd District), and Virginia currently has over 54,000 members. The Department Headquarters office is located in Richmond, VA.
The American Legion's National Headquarters is in Indianapolis,Indiana, with additional offices in Washington, DC. In addition to thousands of volunteers serving in leadership and program implementation capacities in local communities to the Legion's standing national commissions and committees, the national organization has a regular full-time staff of about 300 employees.