Blackwell-Frazier American Legion Post #142 Hominy, Oklahoma

American Legion Post 142 - Hominy, OK

>>>From the National Organization

Approximately 60 percent of American Legion posts submit annual reports to National Headquarters quantifying local activities that support the organization’s mission and values. Across the country and beyond, the Legion helps hundreds of thousands of veterans, military families, schools and young people. The report presents that involvement in terms of dollars raised, volunteer hours put in, events coordinated and people affected.

A snapshot of that activity appears in the 2011 Consolidated Post Report, recently summarized by the Legion’s Internal Affairs Division. “Every year, this report shows just how important The American Legion family is to local communities,” immediate Past American Legion National Commander Jimmie L. Foster said. “Even with only 60 percent of posts reporting, it’s a very impressive set of numbers.”

American Legion posts are encouraged to submit their Consolidated Post Reports online using myLegion.org. Paper report forms are mailed annually to departments’ headquarters and distributed to local posts for completion. Continue reading →

National Commander Jimmie L. Foster addressed a congregation of Legionnaires at the Legion's National Convention on Tuesday. Photo by James V. Carroll

>>>From the National Organization:

When elected a year ago, American Legion National Commander Jimmie L. Foster announced that his motto for the year would be S.A.V.E.D. – Serving America’s Veterans Every Day.

On Tuesday in Minneapolis, Foster told national convention delegates that their efforts made it possible to live up to that mantra during his year-long tenure.

“You, the Legion family members in this audience – and those in posts, units and squadrons around the world – are indeed, Serving America’s Veterans Every Day,” Foster told convention delegates. “Through programs like Operation Comfort Warriors, Heroes to Hometowns, the Legacy Fund, the Family Support Network, the National Emergency Fund and countless others, you are ensuring that America does not forget the debt that we owe our heroes.

“No debt is greater than that which America owes her veterans. George Washington was absolutely correct when he said, ‘The willingness with which young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceived veterans were treated and appreciated by our nation.'” Continue reading →

American Legion National Commander Jimmie L. Foster greets President Obama during the 2011 Legion National Convention. Photo by Tom Strattman.

>>>From the National Organization.

While the United States is in a time of fiscal restraint, President Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday that the restraint won’t include cutting benefits of America’s veterans.

Addressing The American Legion’s 93rd Annual National Convention in Minneapolis, Obama said veterans wouldn’t bear the brunt of federal cutbacks.

“As a nation, we’re facing tough choices as we put our fiscal house in order,” the president said, getting a standing ovation from the crowd of thousands in the process. “But I want to be absolutely clear: We cannot, we must not, and we will not balance the budget on the backs of our veterans. And as commander-in-chief, I won’t allow it. Continue reading →