{"id":186,"date":"2023-07-05T22:46:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T22:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sh-legion.wgdesigngroup.com\/index.php\/st-helena-american-legion-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:28:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/st-helena-american-legion.org\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the American Legion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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About The American Legion<\/h2>\n

The American Legion was chartered and incorporated by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is the nation\u2019s largest veterans service organization, committed to mentoring and sponsorship of youth programs in our communities, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting a strong national security, and continued devotion to our fellow servicemembers and veterans.<\/p>\n

In contrast to other veterans organizations, the Legion offers a number of local programs and activities to strengthen its commitment to our nation\u2019s grass roots and the people we serve. American Legion Baseball is one of the nation\u2019s most successful amateur athletic programs; it continues to educate youths on the importance of sportsmanship and develops the quality of our country\u2019s citizenship. The Heroes to Hometowns program is the only nationwide reintegration assistance service for wounded veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Additionally, millions of dollars in donations have been given to fellow veterans and their families in times of grief, and various scholarship opportunities ensure the future success of our youth.<\/p>\n

The American Legion is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization with great political influence perpetuated by its grass-roots involvements in the legislation process. Legionnaires\u2019 sense of obligation to their community, state and nation drives an honest advocacy for veterans in Washington. The Legion stands not behind politics, but the issues and people that institute progress by focusing on veterans rights and quality of life.<\/p>\n

The American Legion\u2019s success depends entirely on active membership, participation and volunteerism. The organization belongs to the people it serves and the communities in which it thrives.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Our Monthly Meetings<\/h2>\n

Please join us at our monthly meeting.
We meet the second Wednesday of every month.<\/p>\n

Social hour<\/strong> 1800 hrs
Dinner<\/strong> 1900 hrs
Hope to see you there.<\/em><\/p>\n

American Legion Post 199<\/strong>
1291 Madrona Ave,
St Helena, CA
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June Newsletter<\/h2>\n

June 2026 Newsletter<\/em>
June arrives on barefoot dawns,<\/em>
With jasmine air and golden lawns.<\/em>
Vineyards wake in emerald light,<\/em>
Long days linger into night.<\/em>
Children chase the firefly glow,<\/em>
Warm winds teach the roses grow.<\/em>
Summer whispers through each tree,<\/em>
Calling hearts to wander free,<\/em>
While sunsets paint the western sky<\/em>
Where swallows dance and dreamers sigh<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The Post will celebrate the beginning of Summer with a Steak BBQ<\/strong> on Wednesday May 10,<\/strong> 2026. Social hour 1800. Dinner to fallow at 1900. The menu will be a steak BBQ, accompanied by Flash\u2019s favorite mashed potatoes<\/strong>, all carefully prepared and served by our CIA chefs, Jay Avila & George Nickas<\/strong>. Dinner will be $30.00, which is a deal given the price of beef.<\/p>\n

Please RSVP using the button below.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Woman’s Auxiliary:<\/strong> Will meet at 1800 hours.<\/p>\n

I am honored to introduce your new Post Officers for the 2026-27 year. They are:<\/p>\n

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  • Adam Padavic<\/strong>, Commander<\/em>;<\/li>\n
  • Rodney Green<\/strong>, 1stVice <\/em>Commander<\/em>;<\/li>\n
  • Ross Sullivan<\/strong>, 2nd Vice Commander.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    My sincere gratitude to Flash Flood<\/strong> for his dedication in organizing our Memorial Day event. And a special thanks to our rifle squad: Jack Oliver, Ron Cia, Nick Coy, John Muhlner, Adam Padavic, John Urbanik, Paul Manzer<\/strong>. An acknowledgement also needs to be extended to the Odd Fellows Lodge for taking over the responsibility for our American Flags posted on Main Street.<\/p>\n

    As this is my last Post newsletter, I wish to thank each of you for the Honor!<\/p>\n

    There will be a Post board of directors meeting<\/strong> at 1600 hours on Monday, June 8th, 2026.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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    About The American Legion The American Legion was chartered and incorporated by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is the nation\u2019s largest veterans service organization, committed to mentoring and sponsorship of youth programs in our communities, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting a strong national security, and continued devotion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-186","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"\"Am-legion_logo\"\n

    About The American Legion<\/h2>

    The American Legion was chartered and incorporated by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is the nation\u2019s largest veterans service organization, committed to mentoring and sponsorship of youth programs in our communities, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting a strong national security, and continued devotion to our fellow servicemembers and veterans.<\/p>

    In contrast to other veterans organizations, the Legion offers a number of local programs and activities to strengthen its commitment to our nation\u2019s grass roots and the people we serve. American Legion Baseball is one of the nation\u2019s most successful amateur athletic programs; it continues to educate youths on the importance of sportsmanship and develops the quality of our country\u2019s citizenship. The Heroes to Hometowns program is the only nationwide reintegration assistance service for wounded veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Additionally, millions of dollars in donations have been given to fellow veterans and their families in times of grief, and various scholarship opportunities ensure the future success of our youth.<\/p>

    The American Legion is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization with great political influence perpetuated by its grass-roots involvements in the legislation process. Legionnaires\u2019 sense of obligation to their community, state and nation drives an honest advocacy for veterans in Washington. The Legion stands not behind politics, but the issues and people that institute progress by focusing on veterans rights and quality of life.<\/p>

    The American Legion\u2019s success depends entirely on active membership, participation and volunteerism. The organization belongs to the people it serves and the communities in which it thrives.<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-helena-american-legion.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-helena-american-legion.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-helena-american-legion.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-helena-american-legion.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-helena-american-legion.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/st-helena-american-legion.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":592,"href":"https:\/\/st-helena-american-legion.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions\/592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-helena-american-legion.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}