Due to high printing and mailing costs, there will no longer be a monthly mailed
newsletter delivered by USPS. You can continue to receive your newsletter
monthly by email. We will be mailing printed copies only quarterly, for the
future, however, printed copies will be available at the Post each month. If you
know someone that has email but receives their Legion Newsletter by SNAIL MAIL …
PLEASE ask them to send their email
member@ciceropost.com or drop it off at the Bar. Please be sure to include
your name in the email.
Everyone who attended the Clamfest appreciates the excellent and professional
operations that made a very enjoyable day run flawlessly. The thanks go to
the crew that put it all together and did all of the work. The event was so
successful that we picked up six new members during the event, members new to
the American Legion, not transfers. Bob Longmuir, the
Clam Fest leader says: “Thank you to all the Volunteers who helped with the
ClamFest. Without you it would not happen. If there were any complaints, I
didn’t hear them. The Legion and myself - Thank You!”. The people who attended,
and there were a lot of them, echo the thanks to the crew and especially to Bob
Longmuir.
First I would like to say Thank You personally to the family that gave me the check for our Pennies For Postage jug on the night of our Clam Bake. I have been busy sending pkgs and yes it is getting rather costly as not only are we sending to individual troops but also to larger units.
I would like to share a message I received thru Soldiers Angels from one troop to let me know he received his pkg as he has been sending mail stateside but some of it doesn't get thru, and he wanted to make sure I knew he got the pkg from us.
Message as follows:
I have just received a pkg from Soldiers Angels and the person that sent it to me was Rosemary Danielewicz of NY. At my current location, mail is questionable at best as far as sending things home. I have tried 4 letters within the last 4 months and none of them have made it stateside. Either way, I had trouble finding Mrs. Danielewicz's email address but I did want to thank her personally. I hope if it possible, this message finds it's way to her. I am currently the platoon leader of 20 soldier element. Our platoon is very close and in the past 4 months, we have ran over 100 combat patrols. Being that we are such a close platoon, most of our food that comes is communal. I can say without a doubt that the box sent from Mrs. Danielewicz was greatly appreciated. My soldiers enjoyed it very much. We are living in tents at COS Garry Owen and any tastes from home are great.. Mike. P.
I would like to mention Linda Jackson & myself went out to Ft. Drum and dropped off 5 boxes and 1 bag full of goodies and I will tell you, that brought smiles to those troops. We were given a short tour and we found it amazing the things they have ready for our troops when they return as well as for when they are deployed.
They informed us of their needs for toiletries-hotel size , toothpaste, shavers, etc, they said this way things are ready for them when their duffel bags are still being unpacked.
Please help us in any way you can so we in turn can still show our support for our troops.
The
Flag Code
suggests that, "when a flag has served its useful purpose, it should be
destroyed, preferably by burning." For individual citizens, this should be done
discreetly so the act of destruction is not perceived as a protest or
desecration. American Legion Post 787 conduct a semi-annual Disposal of
Unserviceable Flag Ceremony. This ceremony creates a particularly dignified and
solemn occasion for the retirement of unserviceable flags. Drop your old,
tattered or unserviceable flags in the barrel at the front bar entrance of the
Post any time of the year. This service and the ceremonies are open to the
community
Membership Goal for2011 is 578
National has started their 2011 renewals so get ready to check your mail. I would like all members to remember to keep the post advised of any
address changes or email changes as we had over 60
incorrect addresses on the last newsletter.
Doug Herrmann
Adjutant and Membership Chairman
The Junior Shooting Program is a 3 part
program combining Basic Marksmanship, Qualification Awards and Air Rifle
Competition. Thousands of young male & female junior shooters have participated
with a perfect safety record. Participants are under 18 and handicapped youth
are encouraged to participate. Learn more on the web
here.
Pictures here Pictures here.
We would also like to have more pages of pictures
from present and past events, members, officers, anything you might have that
you want to share. You can email to
hank@ciceropost.com or, if you're comfortable with it, use our ftp site at
ftp.ciceropost.com or, if you don't have digital, leave the materials at the
post. I'll scan them in and return them the same way.
If you would like your local business or
organization's events advertised here, for free, just contact
hank@ciceropost.com. I can tie in, within reason, gif, jpeg and flash movies
from an existing site or you can email or upload to
ftp.ciceropost.com. If you don't have an existing ad, just send me copy
and/or graphics and I'll put one together for you in either Photoshop or Flash.
We get a couple of thousand hits a day here and a lot of them are local.
American Legion Corps of Cadets meets at our Post
every Tuesday from 6 - 8 PM and 6 - 9 PM during summer months.
The Corps of Cadets is a leadership program for young adults 10-17.
Soldiers, volunteers and parents work closely with each cadet teaching them
Leadership skills - - Life skills - - Drug avoidance strategies
Responsibility - - The Cadet Creed and Code of Conduct
Military history - - Self discipline - - Dedication.
For more information, click
here.
Patriot Guard Riders is an organization of
people to support and show respect to the United States Military Member. In this
members of the PGR stand firm in flag lines and escorts for fallen soldiers.
Also stand flag lines to welcome those returning home from current combat duties
overseas. The PRG is not entirely folks with motorcycles. The only real
requirement is to have the heart to support our men and women in the Armed
Services. Please look at both these websites, National and New York State. If
you want to help Support our brave military folks please register with both
sites. They are both totally FREE… In turn you will get notifications from only
the NYS PGR Regional or State Road Captains of what is coming up in your region.
PGR National or
. PGR is not affiliated wit Post 787 or American Legion Riders Post 787
Upcoming Events
denotes days to display US flag-not necessarily post event
Every 2nd and 4th Saturday Nights - 8 PM - ‘til = ? Karaoke with Tom and
Val-Will resume in the Fall
