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1 American Legion Eagle P O S T B U S I N E S S H O U R S Monday Saturday 11:00 AM 1:00AM P O S T B U F F A L O M N From The Commander Greetings Fellow Legionnaires: A P R / M A Y Sunday 11:00 AM 10:00 PM Kitchen open to 7 PM EVENT HALL Contact the Legion for availability (763) and the winner is!? Spring is finally upon us and time to put your snow shovels away for another season. We have many events comings up at your Legion and hope to see everyone stopping in to enjoy them. Your Legion board is always working to enhance everyone s experience at your Legion. Encourage everyone to stop in and greet our new General Manager Jennifer O Connell. She comes to us with extensive experience in the restaurant/bar world and is a great addition to our staff. Legion Scholarships: Your Buffalo Legion provides 3 scholarships for graduating students from BHS. These scholarships are part of the BHS 877 Foundation. The application for the scholarships is posted on the BHS website. The 2019 application package is set to be released the end of March so look for this. We are closing in on meeting our membership goal for this year. If you have not taken the opportunity to renew your membership yet please do so. Your Legion is a powerful voice in our community and nation. Our Post actively supports numerous Veteran and Community programs in our area, and we need everyone helping to keep our post active and growing. See you at the Legion! Tuesdays 5:30 Fridays 6:00 Scott Edwards, Commander American Legion Riders is now a Chartered Organization Membership Continues to Grow Call Director, Gary Brown (763)

2 Maple Lake St. Patrick s Day Parade!! E T DA UP The sound barrier wall was successfully installed between the Club and Event Hall. If you haven t seen it yet, stop on by and take a look. It brightens up the space and looks very nice. It also does a great job deadening the sound from the Club when private events are taking place. Thank you to Grindstone Construction and their crew for doing an amazing job! Like us on B uf f al ol e g io n MN WEEKLY EVENTS MON - Dinner Special TUE -5:30 Meat Raffle WED Karaoke 8pm THU Hall Bingo 6:15pm FRI Meat Raffle 6pm SAT Spin the Wheel SUN Hall Bingo 2pm Try our weekly lunch specials! $6.95 for a plate of yumminess! Doors open at 11am!

3 Buffalo American Legion s Memorial Day Keynote Speaker Tom Newman Tom Newman enlisted in the US Army in July of 1967 and served until July of Tom spent 1968 in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division as an infantry paratrooper was the bloodiest year of the war and Tom's company suffered 97 percent casualties and fatalities. There were 26 times, that Tom is aware of, that he should have been killed or at least severely wounded. There was also one time when Tom actually did die and was resuscitated but not before his spirit and soul left his body and he was later able to recount efforts by the medical team to revive him. Tom came back from Vietnam with many questions about life, death, faith, alternate realities and the nature of God. Tom Newman has written three books: Just War: A Soldiers Revelation; A Brief History of the Bible; Things to Come: A Brief History of the Bible We hope that you will join us on Monday, May 27 at 8:30am for our annual parade, music by BHS Marching Band; keynote speaker, Tom Newman; Roll Call of deceased veterans and placement of memorial wreath. Please join us afterward for a light lunch in our event hall. MILITARY FAMILY ASSISTANCE CENTER There is a Family Assistance Specialist located at the Cambridge Armory. If you or someone you know (regardless of status) needs any assistance or has any questions, please reach out to Sandra Schroeder at or sandra.r.schroeder.ctr@mail.mil Connect with them on Facebook: Your Legion has hired a NEW General Manager and Kitchen Manager! We also have a NEW Banquet Menu, Club Menu, Lunch & Dinner Specials! Come on in and see what s happenin Around the Table! Veterans Corner from Greg Pickard Wright County Veteran Service Officer As always, if you have questions on your benefits, don't hesitate to call the Wright County Veteran Service

4 MEMBERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT We have almost reached our goal! Please renew your membership!! CHEER on our Future Marines! Join us in congratulating our future Marines who raised their right hand and said YES to serving this great country! There are 36 Poolies (future Marines) who will be shipping out to boot camp between June & September of this year. The Future Marines of the Buffalo Marine Corps Recruiting Office will be conducting a 5K march where it will end at the Buffalo Legion west parking lot. We would like to invite members of our community to meet us in the west parking lot of the Legion at Noon-sharp! on Saturday, April 20th to support and CHEER on our future heroes! Bring your flags! Wear your veteran gear and help support our future Marines as they embark on one of the most challenging chapters of their lives. Humor in Uniform I think we scared em, Pete. They re pretty jumpy.

5 Laugh Lines Community Corner What s happening around town? 9am 3pm TAPS Full Honors Full Honors are Folding Fag, Three voile's from Rifle Squad, playing Taps, Presenting flag to loved one. Rifle Squad collecting brass shells, installing them in Cloth bag, Presenting to love one / with flag. 1/1/19 - Alfred I. Betcher 1/10/19 - Claude F. Railback 1/26/19 - Ardell J. Teige 2/2/19 - James Allen Nelson Buffalo Legion Post 270 Officers Commander: Scott Edwards First Vice Commander: William Fairbanks Second Vice Commander: Lora Nichols Financial Officer: Jerome Bradford Chaplain: Ed Bokusky Sargent At Arms: Pat Miller Service Officer: Joy Kieffer Adjutant: Connie Herzog

6 Buffalo American Legion Post th Avenue South Buffalo, MN Return Service Requested NON-PROFIT ORG U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 40 Buffalo Legion Calendar of Events APRIL MAY 5 Legion Fish Fry 5-8pm 5 Cinco de Mayo 12 Legion Fish Fry 5-8pm 7 Marketing Meeting 10am 13 Live Band: Broken Spoke 8-11pm 10 Wright County Law Day 19 Executive 12 Happy Mother s Day 19 Our Last Fish Fry before Easter 17 Executive Board Mtg 10am 20 Marine Corps Deployment Event 20 Post Meeting 7pm 21 Happy Easter! 27 Memorial Day Legion Event 8:30 am 22 Post Meeting 7pm MONTHLY DRAWING! Member, Raymond Johnson was our winner of our monthly post drawing. Raymond was not present so our pot will continue to grow until we draw a winner who is present. Be sure and attend our monthly post meetings for your chance to win!! Must be present to win! Pot increases by $20 each month! Next month $80! This newsletter is designed by your Legion Adjutant, Connie Herzog. It is published bi-monthly. If you d like to submit an event or short article for June/ July newsletter contact Connie at cjherzog28@gmail.com please make sure your submission is no later than May 25th. Due to limited space, not all submissions will be published. Thank you!