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American Legion Post 45
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Post 45 seeks new squadron members
by Kellen Olshefski
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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
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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.
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“By having the Sons of the Legion, we can connect better to the community, to the youth, to parents who didn’t serve, and hopefully open that aperture so that we can do more for our youth,” Gajewski said.
“There’s just a lot of untapped programs. So, adding the Sons of the Legion allows us that better flexibility and better visibility. I think there’s a lot of things going on in our community and this is our way of being able to tie into that better,” he added.
“We’re missing a third American Legion Post 45 and VFW of that by not having Memorial Post 6375 holds ceremonies at the Sons of the Legion,” Gajewski said. “The tripod works best when Hazel Ridge and Mount Olivet cemeteries. above: local veteran Grant McMillan plays taps. all three legs are there… DAVE DRESDOW Elkhorn Our Town We have stuff to offer, more to the community. One way to do that is to get an organization like this.”
According to Boardman, the new Sons of the Legion squadron will aid the post in its community efforts and ventures. Those efforts include fundraising to sponsor students for Badger Boys and Girls states and supporting the high school’s athletes of the year program and 4H shooting sports. The squadron will also take on its own community service projects.
Membership in the Sons of the Legion is open to men and boys of all ages who are descendants of veterans or members of the American Legion. Current members of the Legion are also able to join the Sons squadron.
For more information, send an email to American Legion Post 45 at ElkhornAmLegion45@gmail.com, call Gajewski at (719) 238-6653 or visit legion.org/sons.
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