I’m turning off comments for articles. I have to deal with too much spam, and there are never any real comments. I will turn them on in the future if requested. In the mean time, the “Contact Us” Pages is a great way to bring something to our attention. If you would like to contribute to an existing or publish one yourself, please let us know.
There is some information about our Post’s Namesake, Paul Herrick, on his reference page under the “Reference” Menu. Please let me know if you have any information to add.
There’s a new page located under the “Home” menu that will hold our post newsletters. Note that we accept articles from all members of Paul Herrick, Post 21, ALA Unit 21, SAL Squadron 21, and posts Legion Riders for the newsletter and this website.
Please put the word out to people you know that are not internet active.
Please keep in mind that the officer biennial elections (every two years) are coming up. Start thinking about nominations. Also start thinking about what the American Legion can do to help in this crisis.
We may have to do a lot of things a little differently (i.e. via social media) but we are veterans, we Adapt, Improvise, Overcome.
As most of you know, Past Post 21 Commander, and Sons of the Legion post 21 Vice Commander Jon Sutter, lost his battle with cancer on March 1st. This Saturday, March 7th starting at 10 am to Noon, there will be a visitation at American Legion Post 21 504-58th Street Kenosha, Wisconsin. A funeral service with full Military Honors will follow. Please come celebrate Jon’s life with his Legion Family and Friends.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to American Legion, Paul Herrick Post 21.
I hope you’ll excuse the lateness of this article, but while putting together the slide show that I had running during the Chili Cook-off last week, I ran across a great many veteran related graphics about the Black History Month celebration. This was what I came up with for the slide…
If you have something like this that you would like to post, please contact us! We sure could use your help.
Welcome to our new website. We hope it is useful to our members, all veterans, and the public. Just as a Navy ship coming out of dry dock still needs a lot of work before she’s ready for action, so does this site. All hands are necessary to make sure we are battle ready. So secure the needle guns and paint brushes, ready the special sea and anchor detail, and giver her a good shakedown. Please take a good look and give us your comments and suggestions in the comments section, email, or even wrap a piece of paper around a spanner wrench and throw it at us. It’s time to bring our Preamble to the Constitution to life.
Underway, shift colors!
The Second Judicial District of Wisconsin Veterans Treatment Court gave special recognition to post member Joe Campolo for his one year of service as a Veteran Mentor. The award was presented this past December.
The mission of the Veterans Treatment Court of the Second Judicial District of Wisconsin is to honor veterans by restoring them to a productive life by providing judicial support, treatment and supervision thereby enhancing public safety.
Give Joe a pat on the back when you see him!
I’ve been delinquent lately concerning updates to this website as I’ve been trying to rebuild it using more modern software. What I’m not to busy for though is to tip my hat to Tom Visintainer for organizing the various Veternans Day ceremonies that were held at the post this past week. It looks like the Kenosha News thought he did pretty good too because we got the front page. Big shout out to the Kenosha Area Vietnam Veterans Honor Guard and the active members who made it possible.
Hey, that’s a good idea! Everyone at the post will be interested. I’ll send out a text message… and without thinking about it, off it goes, AT 10pm, oops. It sure is tempting to send a quick text message to your pals, but nobody want to hear about non emergencies after, say 8pm. I’m guilty as anyone, but maybe it’s time to make some rules. Any comments???
This website is full of information about the Department of Wisconsin. They have a good calendar, and you can read the "Badger Legionnaire" online!
MyLegion is an outstanding way to keep up with the latest benefits of membership! You owe it to yourself to check it out and create an account.
National Headquarters is busy on social media!
This is the GO TO place for Kenosha County Veterans to find out about your benefits, etc, etc!