This past Saturday night, members and guests were treated to a complimentary Prime Rib or Chicken dinner to Celebrate the 95th Birthday of Post 904. The evening began with a solemn convocation and continued with an awards ceremony. The following text are excerpts from a speech read by Richard Drake.....
We are here to celebrate the 95th Birthday of the American Legion. We are here to celebrate the fact that since the founding of John B. Lyman Post 904 in 1920 this community of veterans, and loved ones of veterans have made a difference in the community.
Your Post has an outstanding Service Officer Dave LoRusso, who serves all veterans young and old with VA and benefit issues, he is also a skilled councilor. Post 904 hosts Blood Drives which have resulted in some impressive totals; check them out in the Library down stairs after dinner.
The Post 904 was recognized by the Department of NY Commander Ken Governor for their outstanding work supporting American Legion Programs. Post 904 continues to be the largest sponsor of Hearts For Youth, supporter of the Back Pack Club and encourages all youth organizations to use these facilities for fund raisers for their programs. Post 904 is the charter holder for Cub Scout Pack 65 and Boy Scout Troop 65. Troop 65 is in the process of advancing and recognizing 5 Eagle scouts. Two of them we honor today and one of them is serving you. Scouts provide a valuable service for the Legion to pursue its goal to honor every service member laid to rest in the township cemeteries with flags on Memorial Day.
I hope all of you got a chance to see the awards and medals we are presenting tonight. We thank the Sons of the American Legion, Squadron 904 for purchasing them to honor our kids who have excelled in their programs. Our Boy’s State program has sent a large number of boys every year because, as a post family we will not say no to worthy candidate. If it was not for the support of the Squadron 904 paying for the extra selections we may have had too. I remind everyone no other post in the county has ever had a Boy reach Boys Nation our post can brag that too.
The Empire Girl’s state program is just as impressive as the Boys but a lot more competitive also and these young women like the men learn how government is supposed to work. The Ladies continue to find ways to make sure we are well represented.
The Oratorical Program winners at ACS this year made it through the next couple of levels as place winners and competed at Zone Competition. These worthy programs Boys State, Girls State and Oratorical are made possible by both financial and volunteer support from our entire Legion Family which includes the sons and the ladies.
Post 904’s newest Americanism program is the Junior Shooting Sports Program. Post 904’s program is the first and only one in Jefferson County. Ask Commander Drake for details. This program exists due to a large amount of volunteer effort from a group of dedicated legion members and financial support of this post. We have two of our shooters invited to RPI, in Troy, NY and will compete next month for the opportunity to make the Junior Olympic team.
Post 904, your post makes these programs possible for our community.
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