NEW BLOG ADMIN - NEWS from Post 121

Welcome Ryan Adkins to ADMIN for the Post 121 blog / website ... Vic

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APRIL 2020 - COVID19 Virus - Precaution

Due to the current Health Crisis – we will not meet in the month of April.

Respectfully

Bobby Boutwell

For Glenn Cook

Let's hope this becomes a distant memory soon

2020 Our New Commander - A message

Glenn E. Cook is our new commander .

EMAIL HERE

WE NOW HAVE A SCHEDULE FOR MEETINGS
............ SECOND MONDAY at 6PM each month.

Next Meeting is 9 MARCH. The District Commander Will Attend  !

Our calendar of events will be made available as it develops.
Some of the things we do each year ARE:

Memorial Day -   Place Flags on Graves
APRIL (date)  -   Host American Legion Riders
Date to Follow -  Hosting a MEET AND GREET at the Legion Hall

We have a veterans memorial plaza in the front of the Hall and one of our fundraisers is memorial bricks to place in the plaza. 

The lounge is no longer open No alcohol is served here. We are looking for member and community input on suggestions for the use of this meeting area.  

The town of Jay wants to lease the baseball complex on a long term basis. Ideas welcomed.

If you will, please email our commander and confirm or provide your own email and phone number which will only be used for official business. It can help clarify our membership. Thank you.

The Commander notes he is new at this and new with information letters like the one he sent with the above information.  If you would like to offer help to do a quarterly newsletter, that would be appreciated.  

In addition, please let other veterans and Legionnaires know about this blog.  Most information for any newsletter will hopefully be in this blog as well.  It can be printed and given to your fellow members and veterans. 

Paraphrased from the letter by
Glenn E. Cook - Post Commander  Post 121

JANUARY 2020 MEETING

Edeker-Dubose American Legion

Post 121 – Jay, FL

Notice of meeting:

January 7, 2020 @ 6:00 p.m.

We will vote on selecting the First Tuesday of each

month as our regular meeting date.

We look forward to seeing you.

ABOUT THE EDEKER-DUBOSE POST

Article about the Naming of Edeker-Dubose Post

by Janice K. Watts - Tri City Ledger - May 14,  2014.

REGULAR MEETINGS - FIRST TUESDAYS - (new)

REGULAR MEETING - 6:00 pm on  FIRST TUE nights

Contact Adjutant Wieland Atcheson with questions
(formerly First Mondays)

SEE THE LEFT MARGIN NOTICES ABOUT THE DANCES

Adjutant -- Wieland Atchison (INQUIRE BY EMAIL)

Members and prospective veteran members encouraged to join us.

3621 Highway 4. Jay, FL 32565

2018 OFFICERS

Post Commander -  Glenn Cook

cookglenn@att.net  983-9426 /Cell 602-0234

Vice Commender - Cindy Sanford     

sanfordc12@yahoo.com  748-4143

Secretary- James Diamond -              

jamesandhelen@att.net  675-6168 / Cell 261-8514

Changes  BEGINNING DECEMBER 2018 

 The weather is getting cooler.

 The leaves are changing colors.

 Edeker-Dubose American Legion Post 121 is changing meeting nights.

At the meeting last month is was decided to change our meetings to the First Tuesday night each month.

However, because of Election Day last week, it was decided to meet, this month only, on the second Tuesday night [13^th] at 6:00.

NEXT American Legion Meeting November 13th. ... 2018

Thai cave rescue | The American Legion's BurnPit

American troops involved in Thai cave rescue | The American Legion's BurnPit

IRISH Blessings for Chaplain of Post 121

Vic Campbell presented a challenge coin from USS O'Callahan shipmates to the CHAPLAIN for post 121 Barnett Hendricks. The coin will transfer to succeeding Chaplains. The coin carries the seal of the ship USS O'Callahan DE/FF 1051 . Learn more about Chaplain Joseph O'Callahan  on those pages.

Barnett Hendricks receives the challenge coin with Glenn Cook - presiding

The seal includes a shamrock and a Christian cross.  The shipmates of USS O'Callahan began a ceremony and tradition to encourage the use of the seal to pass along an Irish Blessing.  The holder of the seal is to say a prayer for a veteran or other individual while touching the cross on the seal and in doing so the remembrance of Father O'Callahan and his shipmates in USS Franklin in WWII will bring to the one offering a prayer for a veteran - an IRISH BLESSING.

This meeting also included the changing of officers and a plan for placing flags on veterans graves for Memorial Day 2018. Those who wish to help with flag placement - please contact our leadership. 

The story of one Irish Blessing from USS Franklin. Over 700 sailors died that day. This one did not.

REGULAR MEETING - 6:00 pm on  FIRST Monday nights

Contact Adjutant Wieland Atcheson with questions