Regular meetings are held at 7:30 PM on the 4th Thursday of each month at 803 13th street  (South side of 13th street about 200 yards West of US 281 -- on school district grounds)  Auxiliary Unit 352 serves a pot-luck dinner after 6:30 PM.  Wartime vets and spouses are always welcome!

For a Google map to our Legion Hall, click: Map. (Contrary to Google map, we are on the South side of 13^th street.)

NEXT REGULAR MEETING:

Thursday January 28, 7:30 PM

Potluck will be served at 6:30 PM

Program:

WARTIME VETS -- JOIN THE LEGION:

Present and former wartime service members CLICK for American Legion membership eligibility dates.

CLICK for membership form. Complete and mail to American Legion Memorial Highway Post 352, P.O. Box 301, Blanco, Texas 78606-0301.  Current annual Post dues are $40.

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POST NEWS:

(1-10-10)  William "Wes" Stults (bottom row left), sponsored by Post 352, took second place at the American Legion District 10 Constitutional Oratorical Scholarship Contest held today at Post 144 in San Marcos.  Stults, a Junior at Blanco High School, competed against 3 Seniors sponsored by other Posts.  He was accompanied to the contest by his speech coach Russell Kirkscey who hopes that Stults will compete again next year.

(11-1-09)  Please review the Post Constitution and By-Laws.  They are meant to be hard to change once enacted. 

(10-14-09)  The Post now has an official permanent e-mail address blancolegion352@yahoo.com

(9-16-09)  Post &  Department members went to Dave & Busters in San Antonio to assist the Veterans of Valor and the Legion Riders hold a "Night Out" for an estimated 400 wounded warriors from Fort Hood and BAMC.  A meal was provided as well as free access to a huge electronic game room.  The event was also sponsored by Southwest Airlines and Remind.org.

COMMANDERS CALL: OCTOBER
 by Post Commander Mike Simon
 

We are under attack. The freedoms you joined the military to protect and defend are being threatened. An apartment complex in California (that doesn't surprise me) has determined that its tenants cannot display the American Flag. They cannot hang it outside their apartment, put up a sticker of the flag in a window, or display it on their vehicle. The reason the apartment complex gave for this ban was that "Seeing the flag may offend someone". What the hell are we coming to? WE fought for the freedoms we enjoy, we fought for the freedom to display the flag, but we also fought for the right of some property owner to impose this restriction. If I lived in that complex I would already be moving. Political correctness will be the death of our great nation. If you can, put up a flag on your property, I did, I was the first in my neighborhood, and now there are several. I am very proud of my service as you are. Thumb your nose at these whackos and display the American Flag.

AUXILIARY UNIT 352 NEWS:

The link to the to the Unit 352 Auxiliary web site is: http://blancoala352.i8.com/

REMINDERS:

(10-11-07)  The Post is using the American Legion AutoBlast telephone system to notify members of meetings, events, member needs, membership issues etc.  If you DO NOT wish to be called, please notify the Post Webmaster.  If you are not getting called it is because we could not locate your number.

(4-23-09)  Post members are eligible to join the Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union as members of select group number 1549. 

For the Good of the Legion:

(11-05-09)  U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Jim Webb (D-VA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), and Mary Landrieu (D-LA) on 5 NOV introduced the Cold War Service Medals Act of 2009 (S.2743), bipartisan legislation to authorize the secretaries of the military departments to award Cold War Service Medals to American veterans. You may wish to contact our Senators in support.

(8-28-09)   Many of our members have a hard time hearing meeting presenters due to the three air conditioners that must run in the summer.  Does anyone have a public address system that they could donate?

(7-21-09)  The Post needs an old movie projection screen for PowerPoint presentations.  Either free standing or un-mounted will do.

(7-21-09)  The Post has a Kodak Pageant 16mm movie projector, two Smith Corona electric and one Olympia typewriters; does anyone claim these items?

(5-30-08)  Legislation is pending concerning Army Combat Action Badges.  See http://www.legion.org/whatsnew/publications/newsletter/story?id=599

(2-1-08)  The following 1903 Springfield rifles were issued to Post 352 by the army in 1948.  Please check your closet and return any rifles to the Post.  Rifles not returned soon will be reported as missing. 

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40243	3006063	3229015
169749	3026119	3267479
620937

The I.C.E. campaign:  Put "in case of emergency" numbers (I.C.E.1 etc.) in your cell phone so that appropriate people can be notified by emergency responders if there is a problem.

(10-11-07)  Oral histories of veterans are being collected.  E-mail Louis Sandoval or call 210-227-9373x11 for an appointment for a 45 minute interview.

Recruiting new members for the Post involves raising awareness about the Post and its activities.  We have been putting articles in the newspapers and we have been distributing the bulletin outside of Legion circles, but we need people to recognize a Legionnaire in public so that the Legionnaire can answer questions about the Legion and the Post and can invite wartime vets to our meetings.  Some officers have unofficially adopted the hat that you see pictured and wear it often in public.  If you would like to help our recruiting, you can order a cap directly from Legion emblem sales (item 708.137 @ $13.95) and wear it as much as possible.  The legion does not embroider this particular style, but you can have Post 352 Blanco, Texas put on your hat locally by Digital Expressions (located by Spring Branch gasoline station) 830-228-5084 for $8.00 (or less if we can get a bulk order).  By the way, this baseball hat can not replace the official dark blue overseas cap that is required for official Legion meetings.

    NEWS PUBLICATIONS:

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CLICK to see Department Legion Times (current month issue & archives)

FOR THE RECORD:

CLICK for minutes of latest Post meeting

CLICK for minutes of latest Post Executive Committee meeting

CLICK for latest Post financial report

CLICK for Post Constitution and By-Laws

CLICK for Post Standard Operating Procedures

CLICK for latest IRS form 990-N required notice

POST 352 CONTACTS: (Click underlined names to send e-mail)

Commander	Michael Simon	830-833-4460
Adjutant	Donnea Simon	830-833-4460
1st Vice-Commander	Tom Avants	830-833-2562
2nd Vice-Commander	Dale Spreen	830-935-3086
Service Officer	Herman (Will) Tammen	830-885-2493
Chaplain	Ted Weeks	830-228-4556
Sergeant-at-arms	Oscar Segura	830-833-4565
Historian	Open
Judge Advocate	Fred Kerschus	830-228-4970
Past Commander	Bruce C. Huguelet	830-833-5211
Newsletter Publisher	Donnea Simon	830-833-4460
Webmaster	Bruce C. Huguelet	830-833-5211

CLICK for current Post membership roster

Auxiliary

 UNIT 352 CONTACTS: (Click underlined names to send e-mail)

President	Christine L. Huguelet	830-833-5211
Vice-President	Donnea Simon	830-833-4460
Secretary	Erika Fickle	830-833-2735
Treasurer	Erika Fickle	830-885-2735
Chaplain	Roxanna Avants	830-833-2562
Historian	Bobbie Jean Pratt	830-833-5047
Sergeant-at-arms	Erika Spreen	830-935-3086

        INFORMATION LINKS:               

Blanco Events Calendar                                    Hill Country Portal

Get connected -- register your E-mail address with each:
National   Department of Texas   Post 352

Purchase Legion caps and other emblem related items.

Whittington's Jerky troop support programs

Donate automotive equipment & supplies for BAMC rehabilitation.

Donate to Operation Comfort Warriors which provides zip up sweat suits for wounded service personnel.

 

Operation Comfort (.com) provides free counseling for military family members.

Operation Comfort (.org) has many programs including Automotivation which seeks to set up auto body training for disabled vets.  Tools, equipment and supplies donations are needed.

The American Legion has partnered with Avue Technologies to provide vets with more, better federal jobs.
 http://www.americasupportsyou.mil. Other organizations that offer means of showing your support for our troops or assist wounded service members and their families include:
 - http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/tooursoldiers/
 - http://www.redcross.org
 - http://www.usocares.org/

Patriot Express  SBA loans for vets

Texas Military Family Access Project -- Call 2-1-1

Family Support Network                                
24 hour hotline 1-800-504-4098

Send needed personal items to the troops.

Donate morale items to the troops.

Donate or Donate frequent flyer miles to the troops.               

Donate coffee to the troops.

CHAIN OF COMMAND:

National American Legion Commander Clarence Hill
92nd National Convention, Milwaukee, WI, August 27 - September 2, 2010

 

Department of Texas Commander Don Daft
Department Calendar  Legion Times
Mid Winter Conference January 20-24 Pre-registration $10, on-site $15.  Omni Austin Hotel Southpark.
92nd Department Convention June, 2010 in Beaumont, TX

Texas Division Three Commander Robert Squires
Fall Convention TBA (Districts 9, 10, 14,15, 20 & 23)

 

 
Texas District Ten Commander  Walter W. Ivie
Spring Convention TBA  (27 Posts in Bastrop, Blanco, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Hayes, Milam, Travis, Washington, and Williamson counties)

US Department of Veterans Affairs

                   

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