I am passing along this article published in today's Military Times.
This message is being sent for your reference and information from the VA and our Post.
Thanks to our Service Officer Tom Buckton for continuing to provide us all with vital information. Please refer to our December Newsletter for additional information such as this.
FROM THE COMMANDER:
Fellow Legionnaires, family and friends We send you greetings once again at this holiday season. We continue to remain hopeful that this newsletter finds your families all doing well in the midst of the ongoing and current increase of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
We wish to acknowledge the continuing efforts of the Post 281 members, our Sons of the American Legion, our American Legion Riders and our Post 281 Auxiliary for all of your ongoing efforts and staying the course.
On 30 November 2020, your Executive Committee held a Zoom meeting seeking a path forward, yet keeping everyone accessible and remaining safe when we can get together. With COVID on the rise again, we WILL NOT have a meeting in December nor a Christmas Dinner this year. The Senior Center remains closed through the year’s end...
FROM THE COMMANDER:
Fellow Legionnaires, family and friends We send you greetings once again at this time of honoring our Veterans and celebrating Thanksgiving for our freedom and bounty of these United States of America we all enjoy. We wish to keep you all informed about your Post’s ongoing activities. We continue to remain hopeful that this newsletter finds your families all doing well in the midst of the ongoing and current increase of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
We proudly acknowledge the efforts of the Post 281 members, our Sons of the American Legion, our American Legion Riders and our Post 281 Auxiliary for all of your ongoing efforts and staying the course...
This is a critical juncture for the future of our country. Our civic duty is to VOTE. If any member of our post is having a difficult time participating in our civic responsibility of VOTING, members of our post are here to help you. Along with members of our post, if you are aware of any VETERAN in our community that needs assistance with voting, please have them contact Max Wix, (615-626-4087) or Terry Ward (615-519-6523) and we will coordinate arrangements to help.
If you cannot physically stand in line at early voting places there are other alternatives.
The last day to request an Absentee Ballot for the November 3rd, 2020 Federal & State General and Lebanon, Mt Juliet & Watertown Municipal Elections is October 27, 2020*.
(TCA 2-6-202 (a)(1) & TCA 2-6-202 (d)(3)
You may fill in the required information online making the form easier to read and avoiding possible mistakes or omission of the required information. Then download and print and sign the form. Mail or email (as an attachment) the completed form to the Wilson County Election Commission at the email or PO Box address provided on the form. You may contact the Wilson County Election Commission at 615-444-0216 with questions.
FROM THE COMMANDER:
Fellow Legionnaires,
Greetings once again and thanks for taking the time to keep informed about your Post’s planned activities. We continue to remain hopeful that this newsletter finds your families all doing well in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
We are joyous to again express our gratitude for the support by the members of Post 281, Sons of the American Legion and American Legion Riders, and our Auxiliary for all of our ongoing efforts and staying the course.
Your Executive Committee met on 6 October. We are getting back on track with our agenda and will hold our next scheduled meeting on 13 October at the Mount Juliet Senior Activity Center. Look forward to seeing your smiling faces behind a mask...
American Legion Tyler Cates Post 281 Officers and members will hold a community outreach session at the Lowes in Mount Juliet on Saturday, 26 September 8 am to 3 pm. We will be recruiting for new members and seeking donations from the community to help with our projects to help veterans, youth and seniors.
We will be joined by the Post 281 Auxiliary. They will be selling commemorative monument bricks to honor veterans. These bricks will become part of a Military Wall of Honor to be located at Robinson Park 1246-1280 N. Mount Juliet Road.
We need members to assist with this effort. We will be following the CDC Guidelines and those of our state and local governments for the COVID-19 pandemic.
We will have a regular post meeting on 13 October from 6-8pm at the Senior Activity Center 2034 N. Mount Juliet Road
I have received inquiries from some of you conveying that you are itching to get out of the house and go to a Post 281 Meeting. As a reminder, our meeting place has moved to the Mount Juliet Senior Activity Center on the 2nd Tuesday of the month. Read on Please!!!!!
Our Executive Committee and I had a rough discussion about having a meeting.
Due to Governor Lee's edict to extend COVID-19 protections and Safety, I have canceled our 8 Sept meeting at the Senior Center.
FROM THE COMMANDER:
Fellow Legionnaires,
Greetings and thank you for taking the time to keep informed about your Post’s planned activities. We remain hopeful in finding you and your families doing well in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
We again express our gratitude for the support by the members of Post 281, Sons of the American Legion and American Legion Riders, and our Auxiliary for all of our ongoing efforts and staying the course.
Your Executive Committee met on 1 September. We revised our agenda, again, and canceled our next scheduled meeting on 8 September. Our next monthly meeting is scheduled for 13 October at the Mount Juliet Senior Activity Center.
FROM THE COMMANDER:
Fellow Legionnaires,
Greetings and hope this finds you and your families continuing to be healthy and doing well in the midst of the current COVID-19 Pandemic. The numbers in Tennessee keep creeping higher and it is a scary time and we all must take appropriate precautions. Therefore I have consulted with the Executive Committee on 4 August. I asked and it was unanimously agreed upon to cancel our 11 August meeting. There remains nothing urgent on the agenda that could not wait until our September meeting.
Your Executive Committee met on 4 July, via a Zoom internet conference and revised an agenda for our next regularly scheduled meeting. As cited above, this month’s meeting is cancelled. We continue exploring options for when we can get together and are soliciting donations to keep us in a position to support next years’ ball teams, Boys and Girls State, the Oratorical, Scouts, veterans and their families in need, etc. Our only income, so far for this year is the Annual Flag Event. We still plan on holding the September Picnic at Charlie Daniels Park. Our plans for Christmas Dinner continue as I work with the Rutland Place Catering Staff. We have until two weeks prior to make a final decision or look at other options...
