1. We will host a benefit on 12 May for
the new Veterans Outreach Center in Cedar Rapids. The activities include a
band and raffle. Donations are requested to help fund this center that
focuses on the plight of our homeless veterans.
2. Honor Flights will return on 24 April
and 5 June. Being at the airport around 9 to welcome these WWII vets home
is as rewarding to those who do it, as it is to the veterans returning.
Attention Legionnaires and Auxiliary Members.
Do you have a relative that is a senior in high school? They may be eligible for a merit award presented by
Unit 298 American Legion Auxiliary or a scholarship presented by the Legion . Please click
here to view and print out the
Auxiliary application and here to view the Legion
Application. The requirements are listed in each application.
Legion Meetings
are the Second Monday of each month at 7:30 PM
Bar operating hours are:
1 p.m. until 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday Closed Sundays
To rent the hall for receptions, banquets, or other events,
contact Leonard Olson. Please call the post
at 319-377-8320.
The American Legion stands for a strong America. There is no better
way to bring this about than to work with the youth of our land in preparing
them to meet the tasks they will face in the years to come. Through its many
youth activities, The American Legion is playing the leading role in developing
future citizens of America.
Our Beginnings
The American Legion was
chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time
veterans organization. A community-service organization which now numbers
nearly 3 million members -- 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.
Who We Are
Since
its chartering by Congress in 1919, The American Legion has been based on four
founding principles:
Service to Veterans
Care and Education of
Children
Americanism
Strong National
Defense
These
four founding principles are being implemented through some 57 Legion programs
by Veterans who truly care about the fate of our nation and the kind of world
which is left to our posterity. If you are a Veteran, "Get Involved"
and continue to serve and preserve the nation you defended.
What We Do
Our
Post strives to be much more than a club with a bar, but to give to the
Community, State, and Nation. What we have done in a year:
1550
hours donated to VA Medical Center in Iowa City, Iowa
25 needy veterans helped
120 units of blood given
32 funeral honors given to veterans who need not be members
2 boys sent to Boys State
Sponsor Cub Scout Pack 58
Conducted competition for American Legion Oratorical Contest
Conducted 5th grade Flag Essay Contest
Awarded 2, $1,000 scholarships to Linn-Mar and Marion students
Gave 15 Flag folding and etiquette programs at schools
Posted colors at all Marion and Linn-Mar High School football games
Provided apples for all the teachers in the community in thanks for their work
with children.
Sponsored a Legion World Series of Baseball team
Provided color guards at various community and metropolitan functions
Members logged over 25,000 volunteer hours in the community
Provided Welcoming groups to Soldiers Returning from combat
Provided memberships to over 15 deployed service members
Participated in Operation Package Drop contributing money and donating supplies
sent to deployed soldiers
The Legion Family donated over $800 to relieve the plight of Hurricane Katrina
survivors
Donated
funds to:
Marion Parks and Recreation
Marion Library
Marion Heritage Center
American Red Cross
Foundation 2, children at risk agency
Four Oaks, mental health center
Tanager Place, child advocacy agency
Post Prom school sponsored parties
Sports booster
Special Olympics
Camp Courageous
VA Disabled Veteran's Van
American Legion Legacy Scholarship Fund
Links
Click
on the Iowa flag to go to the Department web site
Click
on the Legion emblem to go to the National web site
Click on the Linn County emblem to go to the County
Veteran's Assistance site
Click
on the DAV emblem to go to their site
Click
on the VFW emblem to go to their site
Click
on the VA emblem to go to their site
Click
on the POW emblem to go to the P.O.W. Network site
Click on the picture to go to the Iowa National Guard
web site.
Send mail to sabot6.76@gmail.com with
questions or comments about this web site.
President Abraham Lincoln as stated in the Gettysburg
Address
"From these honored dead we take increased
devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of
devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died
in vain."
The Post now has Free WiFi. 
