Greetings from the Commander First, I would like to thank the Legion family for representing Post 574 at the National Commander’s Dinner. We had 18 family members attend. We donated $500 from our Post to the Commander’s project. Thank you to everyone that bought a 50/50 ticket for the Legion, and to Dana Warren for selling them. Congratulations to the Auxiliary on the success of their basket raffle. They were able to raise $3700 for Veteran Programs.

Happy Spring! Finally, I think the nice weather has arrived! April was a busy month. Our basket raffle had a great turnout, and we were able to raise $3700 to help our Veteran Programs. Thank you to everyone who donated baskets and volunteered their time to make the event successful! We will be having another basket raffle in the fall. April 11th, we attended the National Commanders visitation dinner at the Holiday Inn, Saratoga.

Salutations to Squadron 574 and all legion family members, how is everyone? Hopefully all is well with you reading this. May is upon us already, time flies right? All of May is a month of remembrance, remembering those who fought in all wars to preserve our way of life and defending our Constitution. Those members of our military who paid the ultimate sacrifice defending the freedom we enjoy in our daily lives.

Happy Spring riding season has begun be aware of road conditions and your surroundings. Our Road Captain will be starting evening rides soon keep your eyes posted for those days. During the month of April we attended Yellow Ribbon Day, did a welcome home and participated in 7 funerals. We also assisted in cooking a dinner fundraiser for incoming state leadership and the Sons Walkathon. A nice combined total of 224 volunteer hours.

PFC Karlwilhelm Olsen US Army 35th Division BORN: Frederikshavn, Denmark May 27, 1923 DIED: Bluffton, SC - March 1, 2024 Dad had a large family, many brothers and sisters. His father, Johann Christian Olsen, was born in Bergen, Norway. He relocated to Denmark, and worked in Frederikhavn (in Jylland, in the north of Denmark by the sea) as a harbor policeman. He had met my grandmother, Georgine, when she rode horses in a circus act.

Greetings all and happy Springtime. I have a few items to discuss in no particular order of importance. First, our Golf Tournament is coming up on June 15th. To date, we only have a few teams signed up. This is a great deal at $90 for 18 holes of golf and a steak dinner. We are also offering a steak dinner for non-golfers for $20 – sign-up in the Lounge before June 10th.

Greeting from your Commander, First, I would like to say that I apologize for not sending an update for the March newsletter. Now we have to tighten our belts and work together for a busy April. I would like to thank all the volunteers for your help with the County Dinner, Valentine’s Dinner Dance and Birthday Dinner. Thank you all for what you did to make our post proud. Congratulations to Mike Wheeler, Male Legionnaire of the Year and Danielle Breault, Female Legionnaire of the Year and everyone that received certificates.

Happy Spring Everyone! Well, March came in like a lamb and is most definitely going out like a lion. I hope you are all safe and healthy after clearing all that snow! Hopefully, that is the end of it, and we can move on to better weather. March events were certainly successful. I would like to thank all my members and non-members of the Auxiliary that helped at the Birthday dinner.

Happy Spring greetings to all my Squadron and Legion 574 family. Hope everyone is doing well. How did you enjoy March? I think a certain ground hog ended up on a rotisserie. I can’t wait to see what April has in store for us. Maybe the early Spring “forecaster” will redeem itself. Squadron membership is very strong for 2024. We are currently at 106% with regular and new members paid. Welcome to the newest members to the Squadron – Jim Matteson and Kevin Morris.

Greetings Riders and Legion family. We held our elections in March and there is no change in leadership. All officers will keep their offices. Thank you to all! I appreciate all of you. Looks like we will have a busy year so it should be a lot of fun. March was quiet for the Riders. We are working on our August benefit ride and that is starting to come together. For those of you who can’t come to the meetings we hope you can be here to help August 3rd.