American Legion Post 178’s year in review

MILLERTON — Millerton American Legion Post 178 ended 2011 with a holiday party on Saturday, Dec. 17. The party was one way for the legion members to celebrate their achievements from throughout the year with the community.“It’s a veterans party. It’s a friendship party. It’s all of those things. It’s an appreciation party,” said American Legion Auxiliary President Charlene Mayville, explaining that it thanks everyone for what they have done during the year. “It just brings everyone together for the holidays.”The American Legion and its related groups, including the Legion Auxiliary, remained active throughout the year, aiding the community in many ways and organizing several parades, commemorative ceremonies and special events.The Legion continued some of its long-standing programs, including Wounded Warriors, Fallen Warriors, awarding college scholarships to local high school graduates, sponsoring teens at the American Legion Boys and Girls State and giving funeral support to veterans’ families.Families were adopted by Legion members over the holidays to ensure that the families were taken care of.The Legion honored both Memorial Day and Veterans Day with parades that got many other community groups involved. Veterans Day was also marked with a special dinner party that had more than 160 attendees.The organization made a trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington, D.C., to visit with soldiers who were recovering there. Several trips were made to Castle Point to host bingo games, an ice cream social and other uplifting events.The Legion also started new programs in 2011. The most popular was the Town Hall series that invited politicians to speak to the community.“That went really well, and we got lots of positive feedback from the community,” said Post Historian Sean Klay. “A lot of people have expressed interest in us continuing that.”The Auxiliary organized care packages to send to soldiers stationed in Afghanistan, started the Puppies Behind Bars program, helped at Castle Point events, hosted fundraisers and assisted other Legion groups in preparing for special events.“2011 for the Legion went very well. We met all our goals. All we set out to do, we accomplished,” said Klay. “We’re looking forward to what 2012 brings us.”

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