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AMERICAN LEGION
BICENTENNIAL POST 1976 Non-profit Organization
4206 Daniels Avenue U.S. Postage Paid
Annandale, VA 22003 Annandale, VA
Post Info Line: 703-941-9608 Permit No. 179
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.post1976.org
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Fall 2014
NEWSLETTER
Officers’ Call
Commander’s Corner
Welcome, beloved and wonderful members
and friends of Bicentennial Post 1976’s second
quarterly newsletter. Hopefully you are as
excited about reading it as I am about writing
it. The past few months have been pretty darn
fun around the Post home with barbeques,
karaoke nights, live bands, birthdays, and just
overall general camaraderie. I am crossing my
fingers that the next three to four months will
be just as exciting and fun. For any other
updates or schedulings or points of interest
that may change, check out www.post1976.org
and click on the “Calendar” or “Newsletter”
links on the old interwebs (the internet). As
always, you can pick up the phone and give us
a call at 703-941-9608.
If there is anything you like or don’t like about
how things are going or are being run around
the Post, feel free to contact me directly or put
a suggestion in the “Suggestion Box” above
the water cooler by the end of the bar. Please
refrain from running to Diane every time
something doesn’t go your way or you get mad
about somebody or something. She is
unbelievably busy keeping our Post running in
tip top condition.
I want to welcome everyone back from
summer vacations and wish all the children a
happy and safe new school year. I would also
like to give a special shout out thank you to all
the awesome volunteers for all the different
functions we have these days. Keep coming
back—it works if you work it!!
Until next quarter’s “Commander’s Corner,”
Roy McCracken, Commander
1st Vice’s Report
CPT Devin P. Millson (Co. F 429th
Support
Battalion, VaARNG), a fine member of Post
1976, invited Robert Stanley, the Post’s
Service Officer, and the Membership
Committee to attend Company F’s Family Day
event on August 3rd
at Ft. A.P. Hill. Three of
CPT Millson’s troopers joined. A take-home
message from that event was that such
gatherings provide an excellent venue to speak
to the families of service members and urge
them to ensure that they have their service
member’s DD 214 and other pertinent
information stored in a safe and accessible
place in the event that documentation is
required for such things as healthcare or other
fortunate or unfortunate events. It is my
understanding that securing such
documentation can take a very long time, and
the burden of doing so is often not what
families need when things happen. Those
events, of course, provide opportunities to
interest not only service members but also
their families in joining the appropriate unites
of the American Legion’s Bicentennial Post
1976. Thank you Devin, and thank you
Robert!
On behalf of American Legion Bicentennial
Post 1976, I would like to thank all of you who
renewed your membership for 2015, and to
VOLUME XXXIV ISSUE #9 Fall 2014
thank in advance all of you who have yet to do
so but will. Renew early and help conserve
American Legion resources while helping the
Post meet its assigned membership goals.
Please welcome our new Post 1976 members:
Jon Brisar (USN)
Aaron Coffin (USA)
Jackie Dwier (USN)
William Ellis (USA)
Jason Long (USA)
Kallie McCallum (USA)
Edwin Ocana (USA)
Spencer Saathoff (USA)
Dorothy Vignana (USA)
Keith Younger (USA)
As of August 24th
, we have reached 53% of
our annual Department of Virginia
membership goal. This exceeds the
Department goal of reaching 50% of the
annual goal by September 4th
.
The Membership Committee could use some
volunteers. That Committee works closely
with the Activities & Entertainment
Committee to generate new members and to
revitalize and maintain the active participation
of our current members in Post activities and
entertainment events.
Please feel more than free to develop ideas for
compelling new events and pass them on to
Eugene “Cornbread” Kimbrell, our 2nd
Vice
Commander and leader of the Activities &
Entertainment Committee, or another officer
or Post member. Be sure to attend the
excellent events which the Post and its
member organizations provide.
As a component of our active membership
campaign, the Veterans of Northern Virginia
meetup group, an arm’s-length social network
facility, has been activated and utilized for our
past few events (www.meetup.com/Veterans-
of-Northern-Virginia). Forty four percent of
the 25 members of the group are not
members of the American Legion, but could
be: they are all veterans.
You can also point your contacts to Post
1976’s Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/AmericanLegionPost1976
to our Chapter 1976 of the American Legion
Riders at
americanlegionriderspost1976.shutterfly.com/,
or to the Post’s homepage at
www.post1976.org/.
Paid-up membership is required for admittance
to the Post. Remember that the cost of
membership is small compared to the price
you paid to be eligible.
Renewals, New Members, and Transfers
You can renew for the 2015 Legion year in
person at the Post or send your annual dues to
us at:
American Legion Bicentennial Post 1976
P.O. Box 1976
Annandale, VA 22003-0976
Current Legion members can renew online at
www.legion.org/renew. You will receive an
electronic fulfillment form with a thank you
note from the National Adjutant, a temporary
membership card and payment receipt, and an
instruction to the Post Commander and
Adjutant to issue you a new membership card.
You should carry a copy of the temporary card
and payment receipt until you have received
your new card.
New members can join online at
www.legion.org/ or fill out a paper form
available from the Post. If you join online and
want to have Post 1976 as your Legion home,
please fill out a Member Transfer Form at the
Post to get that to happen.
Currently, active Legionnaires who are
members of the general pool (AD Post 0141)
or are currently affiliated with another Post
can transfer to Post 1976 by filling out a
Member Data Form requesting such transfer.
Peter W. Atkinson, 1st Vice Commander
2nd
Vice’s Report
Well, here it is September and another quarter has
gone by. Summer is over, kids are back in school,
and folks will be spending more time at the Post.
First, I want to thank Miss Joyce Landry, Miss
Patti George, and Miss Eva Baldwin for serving
on the Activities Committee (again) and
welcoming some new members to it: Scott and
Michelle Pratt, and Charlie and Mila Robinson.
Maybe they will have some new and fresh ideas
for some good things to do at the Post.
We still have all our weekly and monthly activities
going on: Queen of Hearts every Thursday,
drawings at 8 p.m.; Commander’s Breakfast the
3rd
Sunday of every month, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., $8 all
you care to eat; Karaoke with Babs the 3rd
Saturday of every month—come on out and sing
all your favorite songs.
On September 11th
we will be having a memorial
service for all the folks that lost their lives on that
terrible day. The service will be at 7 p.m.
September 21st will be our Flag Retirement at 2
p.m. right after the Commander’s Breakfast.
Please come out and take part. If you have any
Flags that are no longer serviceable bring them to
the Post and we will be happy to retire them for
you.
October 31st is our Halloween Party starting at 8
p.m., so start planning your best costume. We
usually have some pretty good ones and these
folks are hard to beat.
On November 1st we are going to be having our
first Country night, with the Brandy Stills Band
performing live at the post from 8-12 come on out
fir some foot stompin’.
On November 14th
we will be having a movie
night. The way it will work is we will have about
five movies to pick from; the movie with the most
votes to watch is the one we will watch on a large
movie screen (I think it’s like 11 feet by an acre or
something like that). We will have pratt corn
(popcorn) and hot dogs all for $5 so come on let’s
make this a date night with your sweetheart.
Then of course there’s Thanksgiving, and yes we
will be having our Post Family Thanksgiving
Dinner. We will take care of all the meats. Fix
your favorite side dish and let’s eat; there will be a
signup sheet on the wall by the bar.
That’s about it for now, but if anyone has any
ideas of things to do please let us know—just tell
one of the folks on the Activities Committee and
we will see if we can make it happen. With that
this is Eugene aka “Cornbread” saying come on
out to the Post and let’s have some fun. Stay safe!
Eugene Kimbrell, 2nd
Vice Commander
3rd
Vice’s Report
No report this quarter.
Tom Ritchie, 3rd
Vice Commander
Adjutant’s Report
Vacant
Chaplain’s Report
TAPS: JoAnn Barnes, John Buckingham, Joseph
Checkon, Gary Grim, Johnny Honaker, Stanley
Leizear, Jim McLaughlin, Jamie McCloud, Terrance
McDermott, Wilma Ranck, Dave Reel, Michele
Sundin, Joe Warzecha
Sick Call: Please keep everyone in your prayers
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Expect them, want them, and enjoy them when
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them all around you.”
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willing.”
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around and within. You will see patterns
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themselves over and over again.”
Gretchen Trujillo, Chaplain
Service Officer’s Report
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Robert Stanley, Service Officer
Historian’s Report
As we approach September 11 please take a
minute and remember the nearly 3,000 souls lost
in the horrific attacks at the World Trade Centers,
Flight 93, and here in D.C. at the Pentagon.
Always remember and never forget. Please stop by
the legion and join the Auxiliary in remembering
this tragedy on September 11 at 7 p.m.
I want to wish all the Coasties a belated happy
birthday—looking good for 224 years old. In the
coming months we celebrate three more services
birthdays: the oldest, the U.S. Navy, turns 239 in
October; and the Marine Corps turns 239 in
November. The baby of the group turns 67 in
September. Raise a drink and toast to ALL
services and members past and present for
defending the GREATEST nation on the face of
the Earth.
On September 16th
the Navy will be welcoming
the newest Chief Petty Officers to the fleet in a
ceremony at the Navy Memorial in downtown
D.C. I can provide additional details to you if you
would like to join us in welcoming the newest
khaki members to the fleet.
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popcorn machine and have pictures or an event
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Non sibi sed patriae,
Tim Coennen, Historian
Club Manager’s Report
We need volunteers to cook on Thursday nights
(Queen of Hearts night). It is easy and you do not
need a food handler’s license because all of the
bartenders have one. You will not be asked to do it
every Thursday. We are trying to get a bunch of
people to take turns. Please help your post out.
The Post number is 703-941-9608. My office is
703-941-9460. My cell is 703-408-9123. My
email is [email protected].
If you have any clothes in the hallway, please
come and get them.
If you would like to have the newsletter emailed to
you instead of receiving it by mail, please email
Patti George at [email protected].
Did you know? If you are a member of American
Legion Post 1976, you can use the Tom Weston
hall FREE of charge. There is a small fee for the
hall coordinator. If you would like to use the hall,
please call Patricia Ness at 703-822-1012.
Diane Ramsey, Club Manager
American Legion Auxiliary Report
It’s hard to believe but our 2015 season is here. I
am looking forward to serving as your President.
Please feel free to call me or send me a text at
703-203-9716 if I can be of assistance. Here is a
list of the officers.
President – Kay Rutkowski,
Secretary – Joyce Landry, [email protected]
1st Vice – Micki Welsh, [email protected]
2nd
Vice – Maryanne Kramer,
Treasurer – Patti George, [email protected]
Chaplain – Donna Martin, [email protected]
Historian – Karen McDaniel,
Sergeant-at-Arms – Nancy L Economu,
Some Important Upcoming Dates
Sept. 8th
– Auxiliary Meeting 7 p.m. (upstairs)
Sept. 11th
– 9-11 Ceremony 7 p.m (Organized by
Nancy Economu)
Sept. 11th
– Auxiliary Thursday Dinner –
Meatloaf (Organized by Maryanne Kramer)
Sept. 28th
– Auxiliary Football Food – Volunteers
needed
Oct. 5th
– 17th
District Fall School of Instruction 1
p.m. Vienna American Legion Post 180
Oct. 13th
– Auxiliary Meeting 7 p.m. (upstairs)
Oct. 24th
–26th
- Department of Virginia Fall
Conference – Williamsburg VA
We have been working hard to streamline the
Auxiliary meetings. The agenda is emailed ahead
of time; if you are not getting them please send me
an email and I will make sure you get on my
mailing list. We hope to see you at the meetings.
Our membership goal for 2015 is 166 members. If
you have any family or friends eligible for
membership please send them our way. Our
District President, Marty McGrail, has requested
that we have 60% of our dues be in by November
6th
. Please send in your payment to Micki Welsh
ASAP.
The White House Ornaments are in. They are $20
each, same as last year.
Please keep the following members in your
thoughts and prayers:
Pam Barnes – She lost her mom, JoAnn Barnes,
on June 14th
. JoAnn had been a member since
1992 and will be missed by many.
Brandy Esposito-Scroggins – Brandy was in a
motorcycle accident and is recuperating at her
home in Annandale.
Kay Rutkowski, Auxiliary President
Sons of the American Legion Report
The Summer has been a relaxing time for Post
1976 SAL. It’s now time to get back to the Post
1976 SAL business goals.
SAL will be providing the food for one Thursday
each month on the Queen of Hearts night, and one
Sunday each month for Football Sunday. Come on
out and associate with the Post members; you will
have an enjoyable time.
SAL is currently accepting membership renewals
or new memberships for the 2015 year; we are in
the Early Bird season for membership. If you
renew by the end of September, you will be
included in the Early Bird Period. The Post will
schedule a weekend day during the Fall to
celebrate with all Early Bird members. Come on
out and have some free beer with all other Early
Bird members.
SAL has already renewed 21 members for 2015; if
you would like to renew, and also become an
Early Bird member; you can place your renewal
request in an envelope addressed to Mike T, with
the $30 renewal fee. Dual members who pay only
the State Membership cost will pay $11 for their
dual SAL membership. The bartender on duty will
pin it on the bulletin board, and I will provide a
2015 membership card, which I will either mail to
you or place in an envelope on the bulletin board
for your retrieval.
The next SAL meeting is scheduled for the first
Thursday of September, 9/4/2014. We would like
any recommendations for events or any other
worthwhile endeavors that we can undertake
during the year which would benefit the Post.
Please schedule this meeting in your calendar, and
if you are interested in renewing that night, you
will receive your 2015 card immediately.
See you all at the September meeting.
Mike Trujillo, SAL First Vice
American Legion Riders
First, I would like to sincerely thank all those who
helped out with the annual BBQ back in August.
Whether you showed up to support us, slung some
beers, sold tickets, or helped in any way you could
I truly appreciate it. Because of all of you we are
able to donate $1,500 to Warrior 360. If you
haven’t heard of them, check them out at
www.warrior360.com. They are an awesome
charity providing any assistance to our wounded
comrades. What they do puts minds at ease in
knowing someone is there to help if needed. We
will be inviting them out to our September riders
meeting on the 18th
to give them a check, please
stop in and show them support from the entire
legion family!
Summer is almost over and another great riding
season is about to begin. With fall comes the
leaves changing, which is a great sight whether
you are in a car, plane, train, or best yet…on a
bike. This September we have our State Rally on
the 12th
-14th
down in Petersburg. Let me know if
you want to go and I can get you the appropriate
paperwork. Not too many rides on the books right
now, but continue to check out our shutterfly page
as well as Facebook in order to stay up-to-date. I
know I am looking forward to the leaves changing
and hitting the Blue Ridge Mountains for a ride.
Keep the rubber side down and shinny side up.
Tim Coennen, Asst. Director - ALR Chapter 1976
For our calendar, click Riders logo on the post
website www.post1976.org or visit us on
Facebook: Legion Riders, Annandale, Va
~ September 2014 ~
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Labor Day
2
3 Executive Board Meeting 7pm
4 SAL Meeting –
6:30pm
Queen of Hearts – 8pm
Food Special by the Legion
5 Free Pool All Day
6 Hall in Use 10 - 12
7 Football Food provided by
The ALR
Hall Rental – 2pm
8
House Committee Meeting
6:30pm Auxiliary Meeting 7pm
9 Gen Membership Meeting
7pm
10
11 Patriot Day 9/11 Queen of Hearts – 8pm
9/11 Memorial Ceremony –
7pm
Food Special by the Auxiliary
12 Free Pool All Day
Hall in Use – Birthday Party w/band
13 Hall in Use – Wedding
4pm - ?
14 Football Food provided by
The Legion
15
16
17
18 Queen of Hearts – 8pm
ALR Meeting – 7pm Food Special by the SAL
19 Free Pool All Day
Hall in Use – Bob Thomas 6pm – 12am
20
21 International Day of
Peace Football Food provided by
The SAL
Commander’s Breakfast
9am – 1pm
Flag Retirement Ceremony
2pm
22
23 Fall Begins
24
25 Queen of Hearts – 8pm
Food Special by the ALR
Spiced Shrimp Hall in Use by Sheppards Center 10:30 – 1:30
Dan Dellenger Lunch
26 Free Pool All Day
27 Hall in Use – Wedding
8pm
28 Football Food provided by
The Auxiliary
29
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~ October 2014 ~
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 World Vegetarian Day
2 SAL Meeting – 6:30pm
Queen of Hearts – 8pm
Food Special by the Legion
3 Free Pool All Day
4
5 Football Food provided by
The ALR
6 House Committee Meeting
6:30pm
7 Executive Board
Meeting 7pm
8
9 Queen of Hearts – 8pm
Food Special by the Auxiliary
10 Free Pool All Day
11
12 Football Food provided by
The Legion
13 Columbus Day Auxiliary Meeting 7pm
14 Gen Membership Meeting
7pm
15
16 Queen of Hearts – 8pm
ALR Meeting – 7pm Food Special by the SAL
17 Free Pool All Day
18
19 Football Food provided by
The SAL
Commander’s Breakfast
9am – 1pm
20
21
22
23 Queen of Hearts –
8pm
Spiced Shrimp Food Special by the ALR
24 United Nations Day Free Pool All Day
25
26 Football Food provided by
The Auxiliary
27
28
29
30 Queen of Hearts – 8pm
Food Special by the Legion
31 Halloween Halloween Party – 8pm
Free Pool All Day
~ November 2014 ~
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Country Music
Night – The Brandy Stills Band – 8pm
2 Daylight Saving Time
Ends
Football Food provided by
The ALR
3 House Committee Meeting
6:30pm
4 Election Day Executive Board Meeting 7pm
5
6 SAL Meeting – 6:30pm
Queen of Hearts – 8pm
Food Special by the Auxiliary
7 Free Pool All Day
8
9 Football Food provided by
The Legion
10 Auxiliary Meeting 7pm
11 Veterans' Day
12
13 Queen of Hearts – 8pm
Food Special by the SAL
14 Free Pool All Day
Movie Night
15
16 Football Food provided by
The SAL
Commander’s Breakfast
9am – 1pm
17
18
19
20 Great American
Smokeout Queen of Hearts – 8pm
ALR Meeting – 7pm Food Special by the Legion
21 Free Pool All Day
22
23 Football Food provided by
The Auxiliary
24
25
26
27 Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Dinner at the Post – 2pm
28 Free Pool All Day
29
30 Football Food provided by
The ALR
~ December 2014 ~
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 World AIDS Day House Committee Meeting
6:30pm
2 Executive Board
Meeting 7pm
3
4 SAL Meeting – 6:30pm
Queen of Hearts – 8pm
Food Special by the Auxiliary
5 Free Pool All Day
6
7 Football Food provided by
The Legion
8 Auxiliary Meeting 7pm
9 Gen Membership Meeting
7pm
10 Human Rights Day
11 Queen of Hearts – 8pm
Food Special by the SAL
12 Free Pool All Day
13 Post Christmas Party
6pm
14 Football Food provided by
The SAL
15
16
17
18 Queen of Hearts – 8pm
ALR Meeting – 7pm Food Special by the Legion
19 Free Pool All Day
20
21 Winter Solstice Commander’s Breakfast
9am – 1pm
Football Food provided by
The Auxiliary
22
23
24
25 Christmas
26 Free Pool All Day
27
28 Football Food provided by
The ALR
29
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