Legion College – Boot Camp for the Young and Old Alike

The Department of North Carolina, through it’s Leadership Development Committee, held it’s first “Legion College” in the summer of 1985. The 2023 Legion College will be held July 21-22, 2023 at the Village Inn in Clemmons, NC. 

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Speakers’ Bureau – Benefits Beyond Belief

Our Post Speakers’ Bureau was started a number of years ago to help the post commander fill special requests for a speaker, a guest appearance, a historical talk, to join in to speak on a radio program, and more. We get lots and lots of requests. Our speakers can be found in Cary, Henderson, Yanceyville, Hendersonville, Burlington, and far beyond. They are our American Legionnaires on parade. They put a face to the American Legion and our community service as veterans.

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Iwo Jima Remembered

Sixty-nine years ago today, thousands of Marines stormed the beaches of Iwo Jima. Their mission was to secure the island and the three airfields there. The fighting went on for several weeks, but on 23 February 1945, five marines and one navy combat medic (hospital corpsman) raised the Stars and Stripes over Mount Surbachi.

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