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About American Legion Post #142

Authors the weekly article "News from the Hut", about local American Legion Post #142 in Hominy, OK. Read his weekly articles in the "Hominy News Progress".

Children & Youth Conference begins Friday

>>> From the National Organization. Legionnaires, Sons of The American Legion and Auxiliary members, along with other distinguished guests, will convene at the Sheraton Indianapolis City Centre Hotel from Sept. 16-18 for the Legion’s fifth annual Children & Youth Conference.  … Continue reading

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Remembering 9/11

>>>From the National Organization The events of 9/11 had an enormous impact on the national level. But for a group of New York Legionnaires, it also meant finding a new home. American Legion Post 1870 was based out of the … Continue reading

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Patriot Day, 10 years later

The attacks of 9/11 instantly spawned memorials, commemorations, and simple gatherings for Americans to express their grief. And every year since then, these Americans have gathered across the country to honor the victims and heroes of that day. But 2011 … Continue reading

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Navy warships named in honor of 9/11

>>>By Alan W. Dowd, National Organization Nine years have passed since the attacks of September 11. Attacks that breached the Pentagon’s walls, maimed Manhattan, scarred rural Pennsylvania and erased some 3,000 innocent lives. The American people may choose to forget … Continue reading

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What we’ve learned from 9/11

>>>A message by American Legion National Commander Fang A. Wong The events of Sept. 11, 2001, drew a line through human history. Time is now defined as either pre-9/11 or post-9/11. I will leave it to social scientists to study … Continue reading

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