IT WAS A VERY BUSY VETERANSDAY WEEKEND FOR POST 543
Next Meeting
Wednesday January 22
MILITARY APPRECIATION CONCERT
Donation to Operation North State
SUPPORTING DEPLOYED
NORTH CAROLINIANS
Again this year our Post
and Operation North State will send a box of NC products, to any Armed Forces member who will not be home for the holiday. To send a box, we need the name of the service member, their address of deployment and T-shirt size sent to Dan Bennett at
dannob722@gmail.com.
"Letters From Home"
SOUTHPORT 4th of JULY PARADE
Post 543 and SJFD Remember 9 11.
On Saturday the Post Color Guard and
15 Legionairres on our float received
a rousing reception at the Wilmington
Veterans Day Parade.
Meanwhile, other Legionaires
stayed in Southport to hand
out poppies at Lowes
Hardware and the.....
"543 Chili Chicks " were busy winning the annual Civitan
Club's "Hometown Heroes
Chili Cookoff". The $1000 prize was donated back to the Civitan Club to help them finance their many worthwile projects.
On Sunday Post members
celebrated Veteran's Day
with a bar-b-que and
concert by Mikes Garage
Band.
Monday was Veteran's Day
with the annual ceremonies
at the St. James Memorial.
Honors and Ceremonies
Chair Bill Morgan read the
poem "Because You Served"
The featured speaker was
the Commander of Military
Ocean Terminal Sunnypoint.
Colonel Heather Carilsle
reminded the residents that
the facility is by far the largest trans-shipment facility in
the world. Ninty-percent of all non-nuclear ammunition is shipped over seas from the Southport terminal which has 300 civilian employees.
Later in the day, the
Color Guard and other
Legionairres were
joined by the Cape
Fear Acapella Choir
in honoring the six
veterans and nine
widows of veterans residing at Carillon Assisted Living home in Southport.
The choir, organized and
lead by Jane Izod,
performed a variety
of patriotic songs and
favorite folk tunes.
,
Post Commander George Freeman
explained the origins of a military comradeship tradition: the
"Challenge Coin". Freeman then
presented each of the six WWII
and Korean War veterans one of
the cherished coins.
QUICK LINKS
Post 543 has presented a scholarship to Sarah Long to attend the Scout's BSA National Youth Leadership Training Program.
Post 543 has recognized families with relatives on active duty with the presentation of Blue Star Flags to be flown outside their home during November