Mother’s and Families Enjoyed a Post 6 Brunch
The meal was great and we had a good time hosting our very first Mother’s Day Brunch at Post 6. Were you there?
Read moreThe meal was great and we had a good time hosting our very first Mother’s Day Brunch at Post 6. Were you there?
Read moreA one hundred-year-old American Legionnaire arrived at Chapel Hill Post No. 6 to an official “Piping Aboard” of a dignitary. The post members stood at Attention throughout the Post Home as the Post’s Ship’s Bell rang and the honorary Bosun’s mate announced, “Elmer Hughes, Arriving!”
Read moreThe expanded authority under the SAVES LIVES Act allows the VA to open eligibility for those who can receive the COVID-19 vaccine at out VA facilities.
Read moreThe Durham VA Health Care System has vaccine appointments available for all enrolled Veterans!
Read moreOur very own Jim Merritt sits quietly at most meetings, but that is far, far from the norm. He has a story to tell about himself and his family and his walk through local Chapel Hill History.
Read moreCommander Bill Munsee announced in a December Newsletter that we would hold a holiday food drive. He wrote, “Vice Commander, Dave Chandler, ran this by me the other day and I thought it was a good idea. He recommended that we do a food drive…
Read moreJerome “Jerry” M. Pilarski, Sr., passed away on December 4th from an illness, not COVID-related. His funeral service is at the Catholic Community of St. Thomas More, 940 Carmichael St., Chapel Hill. The service starts at 9 a.m.
Read moreThe story about the Bedford Boys is a tale of country kids who signed up for the Reserve to receive extra pay for weekend drills. Pearl Harbor changed all of that and the men of Bedford, Virginia, was ordered to active duty and that led to a D-Day Landing. In 2011 a Chapel Hill High School 10th-grader, Gracian D’Cruz, asked the Chapel Hill Knights of Columbus and other local veteran groups to help sponsor a project to fund the National D-Day Memorial. It was in financial trouble and local students wanted to help. Local vets led by American Legionnaires Jerry Pilarski and Lee Heavlin worked to help the students. Chapel Hill Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9100 also provided funding and support and, in June students and veterans travelled to Bedford for the 67th D-Day Commemoration events. Gene and Louise Drogos also made the trip.
Read moreIt was Veterans Day. On Wednesday, November 11th, 2020, at about 11:00 hours, post members and families departed their homes
Read moreThe American Legion is federally chartered, which authorizes the as-yet unincorporated organization to proceed to the adoption of a constitutionl
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