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Post 45 seeks new squadron members by Kellen Olshefski CORRESPONDENT
Elkhorn American Legion Post 45 is looking for members to join the Sons of the Legion squadron for the post. Like the American Legion, the Sons of the Legion serves the community, however, it’s open to a much broader membership pool than the American Legion itself, as it allows male descendants of those who have served to join. “There’s a lot of them out there that are patriotic and didn’t get a chance to serve and would like to do something for the community,” Elkhorn Post 45 Finance Officer Jim Boardman said. “We’d like them to join, and we’ll help them out to get started, help them come up with fundraising projects.” Boardman said the idea of starting a Sons of the Legion squadron came from his son and couple of other local men who were interested in joining the Legion Riders motorcycle club, but weren’t able
to because they hadn’t served in the U.S. military. While the Lake Geneva American Legion post has a squadron, Elkhorn American Legion Post 45 Commander Mark Gajewski said they would like to get their very own started as well. “There’s 108 Sons of the Legion squadrons in our state and there’s one in our county,” Gajewski said. “We’d like to make that 109 in our state and two in Walworth County. It’s the right thing to do.” It’s open to all male descendants, adopted sons and stepsons of members of the Legion, as well as all male descendants of veterans who died in service from April 6, 1917 to Nov. 11, 1918 or any time from Dec. 7, 1941 to present or died subsequent to their honorable discharge from service. Gajewski said the Sons of the Legion would not only give ownership in POST 45 • CONTINUED ON PAGE 32
On Memorial Day, members of Elkhorn’s American Legion Post 45 and VFW Memorial Post 6375 lead a ceremony at Mount Olivet Cemetery. top: Local veterans take part in the Elkhorn parade. right: Scott Weber serves as the guest speaker at a remembrance in Veterans Park downtown. DAVE DRESDOW Elkhorn Ourt Town
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