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Live Wrestling at Post 655 The 2nd and 4th Fridays, 1900 hrs
May 2022 – National
Military Appreciation Month
1st week in May – Public Service Recognition Week
Dates to be determined:
MIKE GARLINGTON MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
Memorial Day Picnic for Veterans Shelters; 4:00 to 6:00 pm
Carry The Load DALLAS MEMORIAL MARCH
May 1 (Sun) - Silver Star Service Banner Day, Law Day & Loyalty Day
Bingo at Post 569 from 1PM to 4PM
May 5 (Thurs) – Cinco de Mayo
May 5 (Thurs) – National Day of Prayer
May 5-8: Mayfest
in Fort Worth, TX (began in 1973)
May 6 (Fri) - Military Spouse Appreciation Day
May 7 (Sat) –Audie Murphy Day in Greenville
Mothers Day Brunch 10 Am to 1 PM at Haltom City Post 655
May 8 (Sun) - Mother's Day
May 8 (Sun) - VE (Victory in Europe) Day
MAY 9- 20 - Texas Veterans Commission, In person and virtual job fair (see last week “Update” for details
May 10 (Tues) - Boys State Orientation at South Fort Worth Post 569 at 1900
May 14 (Sat) - Division Convention at Emanuel L. Young Post 838 (details in last week distribution)
Veterans Day Parade meeting (10:00am) at Greater Fort Worth American Legion Post 516
May 15 (Sun) – Peace Officers Memorial Day
May 15-21, 2022 - Peace Officers Memorial week
May 18-28: CA to DC RFTW XXXII RUN FOR THE WALL Southern Route
May 20-22: Main
Street Fest in Grapevine, TX (began in 1985)
May 21 Sat) - Armed Forces Day
Classic Car and Motorcycle show noon to 4 pm at at Post 379
CAR SHOW FLYER | REGISTRATION | The Memorial Wall | T-Shirt Order Form
May 27 (Fri) - National Poppy Day
May 30 (Mon) - Memorial Day (flag half staff until noon)
(All to be confirmed)
8:30 am - Forrest Hill Memorial Day Ceremony
10 am - New Trinity Cemetery in Haltom City (located at 28th & Beach St)
10 am Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park, 5725 Colleyville Blvd., Colleyville
10 am Laurel Land Memorial Park, 7100 Crowley Road, Fort Worth
10 am Veterans Park, 8901 Clifford St, White Settlement, TX 76108
10 am Lake Worth Multi-Purpose Facility, 7005 Charbonneau
Rd., Lake Worth
10:15 am Greenwood Cemetery Fort Worth, WW-1 Royal Flying Corps
11:00 am DFW National Cemetery Ceremony
Noon – Arlington Memorial Day ceremony; Elks Lodge 2114
3:00 pm – The National Moment of Remembrance moment of silence
6:30 pm - Mount Olivet Cemetery, 2301 N. Sylvania Ave., Fort Worth
8:00 pm – Post 516 Flag Retirement
June 2022 - Graduations
Girls State Bus Send Off in Irving, Texas; Legion Rider escort to Waco
Jun 4( Sat) – Summer Kick-Off dance at Post 569 starting at 8 pm
Jun 6 (Mon) - D-Day - World War II Allied invasion in Normandy, France
Jun 12 (Sun) - Boys State Bus Send Off at 10:00 am – Legion Rider escort to Waco
Jun 12-17, 2022 - Texas Boys State at the University of Texas at Austin
- The new tuition amount for Boys State is $330 per participant and the bus fee is $75 - that means that the new amount for our Boys Staters is $455 (tuition, bus and $50 for food, extra t-shirts and filing fees)
Jun 14 (Tues) – Army Birthday – Flag Day
Flag Retirement Ceremony at Benbrook Post 297
Flag Retirement Ceremony 6:30 pm at Mansfield Post 624
Flag Retirement 7:00 pm at Arlington Elks Lodge (Post 60) Boy Scout Troop 396
Jun 16, 2022 (Wed) – Boys State Parents night
Jun 17-19, 2022 (Fri – Sun) - Annual Dept. of Texas ALR State Rally (at Post 624) - All the details
Jun 19 (Sun) – Emancipation Day - Juneteenth
Jun 19 (3rd Sunday in June) – Fathers Day
Jun 19-25, 2022 – Girls State “Learn by Doing Experience” at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas.
Jun 23 (Thurs) - Coast Guard Auxiliary Birthday
Jun 27, 2022 (Mon) - National PTSD Awareness Day
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2022 Planning
dates:
EVENTS
Anticipated Medal of Honor Museum events
Anticipated Vietnam Veterans Memorial fundraiser
Post 626 participates in many activities at the NAS Fort Worth JRB
Tarrant County Veterans Council meets the second Sat except Dec. and Jan.
ALMAC is not planned and Snowball Express event has moved to Florida.
FLY YOUR FLAG
Any day you wish, but especially
George Washington’s Birthday
Patriots’ Day (Battle of Lexington & Concord, MA) (Third
Monday in April)
Armed Forces Day (3rd Saturday in May)
Memorial Day (last Monday in May and half staff until noon)
Flag Day, 6/14
Independence Day, 7/4
Labor Day
Patriot Day (Terrorists’ Attack 2001), 9/11
Constitution Day, 9/17
Columbus Day (2nd Monday in October)
Veterans Day, 11/11
and such other days as may be proclaimed by the President of the United States
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JANUARY
Coats for Vets drive?
Jan 1 (Sat) – New Years Day
Jan 14 – Feb 5, 2022 – Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo
Jan 15, 2022 (Sat) - District Oratorical at Saginaw Post 467
Jan 19 – 23, 2022 - Mid Winter Conference- Austin, Texas
Jan 17, 2022 (3rd Monday) – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Jan 31, 2022 (Mon) - Stock Show and Rodeo Military Appreciation Day
FEBRUARY - Americanism Month
1st Division Oratorical Competition
Feb 2 (Wed) – Groundhog Day
Feb 3 (Thurs) - Four Chaplains Day
Feb 4 (Fri) – USO Birthday
Feb 6 (Sun) – Scout Sunday
Feb 12 (Sat) – Lincolns Birthday
Feb 13, 2022 (Sun) – Super Bowl
Feb 14 (Mon) - Valentine's Day
Feb 19 (Sat) – Coast Guard Reserve Birthday
Feb 21, 2022 (3rd Monday) – Presidents day
Feb 22 (Sun) – Washington’s Birthday
Feb 26, 2022 - Adjutant School (1 Day Training), hosted by the 5th District beginning at 8:00 am at Post 453 (2755 Bachman Drive, Dallas, TX 75220)
Feb 26 - Every year on Feb. 26, the Fort Worth Fire Department gathers for a memorial ceremony at the Fort Worth Police and Firefighters Memorial on West Seventh Street. The day commemorates the first line of duty death for the department. The memorial honors all the first responder heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice since the early days of Fort Worth.
The ceremony, steeped in tradition, allows the families of the fallen to gather as their loved ones’ names are read from the wall. This year, three additional names were added.
The next memorial ceremony is planned for Feb. 26, 2022.
MARCH - Month of the Military Caregiver -
Community Service Month – Women’s History Month
Mar 1, 2022 (Tue) - Executive Committee Meeting 7 pm at Post 626
Eagle Scout Nomination Packets Due to Department
Mar 2 (Wed) – Ash Wednesday and Texas Independence Day
Mar 3 (Thurs) - Navy Reserve Birthday
Mar 4 (Fri) – Mardi Gras
Mar 5 (Sat) - Seabee Birthday
Mar 12, 2022 (Sat) - Coffee Tour – 7 am start at HEB Post 379 return 5 pm
Mar 13 (Sun) - K 9 Veterans (1942 K9 Corps) - Daylight Saving Time starts
Mar 13-19 – National Creative Arts Therapy Week
Mar 15 – 17 American Legion Birthday
Mar 17 (Thurs) - St. Patrick's Day
Mar 18-19 (Friday to Saturday) - Mansfield Pickle Parade
The World's Only St. Paddy's Pickle Parade & Palooza
Mar 20 (Sun) – International Day of Happiness
Mar 21 – Rosie the Riveter Day
Mar 25 (Fri) - National Medal of Honor Day
Mar 26, 2022 (Sat) - Cowtown Great American Cleanup
Mar 26, 2022 (Sat) – Handley Craft Fair
Mar 29 (Tues) - Vietnam Veterans Day
April - Month of the Military Child - Children
& Youth Month
Apr 1 (Fri) - April Fools Day
Apr 5 (Tues) - Gold Star Wives Day
Apr 7 to 10, 2022 (Thurs-Sun) - Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival
Apr 9, 2022 (Sat) - American Legion Post 624 Annual Spring Fling Poker Run
Registration starts at 0930, Brief 1045, KSU 1100, Last Bike in 1530, taco bar when we return; Proceeds to Support Boy Scout Troop 215
Apr 10, 2022 – Palm Sunday
Apr 14 (Thurs) - Air Force Reserve Birthday
Apr 14. 2022 (Thurs) - Passover Eve
Apr 15, 2022 (2 days before Easter) - Good Friday
Apr 15 – Purple UP! Day for military children
Apr 16, 2022 (Sat) – Passover begins
Apr 16, 2022 (Sat) – District 12 Spring Convention at Mansfield Post 624
SPRING CONVENTION
CALL | SPRING
CONVENTION REGESTRATION FORM | DISTRICT
CERTIFICATION OF DELEGATES FORM
Apr 17, 2022 (Sun) – Easter Sunday
Apr 18, 2022 (Third Monday in April) - Patriots’ Day (Battle of Lexington & Concord)
Apr 20, 2022 (Wed) - Medal of Honor motorcade from DFW Airport to Gainesville
Apr 20 to 24, 2022 - Gainesville Medal of Honor Host City Program Events
Apr 23 (Sat) - Medal of Honor Parade in Gainesville starts at 10:00 a.m.
Apr 23 (Sat) - Girls State Orientation 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon at Bedford Post 397
Apr 22 (Fri) - Earth Day
Apr 23 (Sat) - Army Reserve Birthday
Apr 30 (Sat) - National Military Brats Day
Apr 30, 2022 (Sat) - Hops and Props 9 am to 5 pm, beer tasting from 12 to 5
MAY - National
Military Appreciation Month
Dates to be determined:
MIKE GARLINGTON MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
Memorial Day Picnic for Veterans Shelters; 4:00 to 6:00 pm
Carry The Load DALLAS MEMORIAL MARCH
May (1st week in May) – Public Service Recognition Week
May 1, 2022 (Sun) - Law Day & Loyalty Day & Silver Star Service Banner Day
May 5 (Thurs) – Cinco de Mayo
May 5, 2022 (First Thurs) – National Day of Prayer
May 5-8,
2022: Mayfest in Fort Worth, TX (began in 1973)
May 6, 2022 (Fri) - Military Spouse Appreciation Day
May 7 (Sat) –Audie Murphy Day in Greenville
May 8 (2nd Sun in May) - Mother's Day
May 8 (Sun) - VE (Victory in Europe) Day
May 10, 2022 (Tues) - Boys State Orientation at South Fort Worth Post 569 at 1900
May 14, 2022 (Sat) - Division Convention at Emanuel L. Young Post 838
May 15 (Sun) – Peace Officers Memorial Day
May 15-21, 2022 - Peace Officers Memorial week
May 18-28, 2022 - CA to DC RFTW XXXII RUN FOR THE WALL Southern Route
May 20-22, 2022
- Main Street Fest in Grapevine, TX (began in 1985)
May 21 (3rd Saturday in May) - Armed Forces Day
May 21, 2022 (Saturday) – Classic Car and Motorcycle show, Post 379 noon to 4 pm
May 27 (Friday before Memorial Day) - National Poppy Day
May 30, 2022 (last
Monday in May) - Memorial Day (flag half staff until noon)
(All to be confirmed)
8:30 am - Forrest Hill Memorial Day Ceremony
10 am - New Trinity Cemetery in Haltom City (located at 28th & Beach St)
10 am Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park, 5725 Colleyville Blvd., Colleyville
10 am Laurel Land Memorial Park, 7100 Crowley Road, Fort Worth
10 am Veterans Park, 8901 Clifford St, White Settlement, TX 76108
10 am Lake Worth Multi-Purpose Facility, 7005 Charbonneau
Rd., Lake Worth
10:15 am Greenwood Cemetery Fort Worth, WW-1 Royal Flying Corps
11:00 am DFW National Cemetery Ceremony
Noon – Arlington Memorial Day ceremony; Elks Lodge 2114
3:00 pm – The National Moment of Remembrance moment of silence
6:30 pm - Mount Olivet Cemetery, 2301 N. Sylvania Ave., Fort Worth
8:00 pm – Post 516 Flag Retirement
June - Graduations
Girls State Bus Send Off in Irving, Texas; Legion Rider escort to Waco
Jun or Jul (Saturday) – Allied Memorial Remembrance Ride,
Jun 4( Sat) – Summer Kick-Off dance at Post 569 starting at 8 pm
Jun 6 (Mon) - D-Day - World War II Allied invasion in Normandy, France
Jun 12 (Sun) - Boys State Bus Send Off at 10:00 am – Legion Rider escort to Waco
Jun 12-17, 2022 - Texas Boys State at the University of Texas at Austin
- The new tuition amount for Boys State is $330 per participant and the bus fee is $75 - that means that the new amount for our Boys Staters is $455 (tuition, bus and $50 for food, extra t-shirts and filing fees)
Jun 14 (Tues) – Army Birthday – Flag Day
Flag Retirement Ceremony at Benbrook Post 297
Flag Retirement Ceremony 6:30 pm at Mansfield Post 624
Flag Retirement 7:00 pm at Arlington Elks Lodge (Post 60) Boy Scout Troop 396
Jun 16, 2022 (Wed) – Boys State Parents night
Jun 17-19, 2022 (Fri – Sun) - Annual Dept. of Texas ALR State Rally (at Post 624) - All the details
Jun 19 (Sun) – Emancipation Day - Juneteenth
Jun 19 (3rd Sunday in June) – Fathers Day
Jun 19-25, 2022 – Girls State “Learn by Doing Experience” at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas.
Jun 23 (Thurs) - Coast Guard Auxiliary Birthday
Jun 27, 2022 (Mon) - National PTSD Awareness Day
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July
July 4 (Mon) -
Independence Day
2022 Arlington Texas Parade Starts at 9 am
Rocking Fort Worth 4th event
Not confirmed events:
Waxahachie’s Parade starts at 10 am
Granbury’s Parade starts at 10 am
GRAND PRAIRIE Lone Stars & Stripes Celebration: July 4th @ 3:00pm
MANSFIELD Rockin' 4th of July 7:00pm to 10:00pm
White Lake Hills Forth of July Parade
Jul 11-17 (Wed-Sun) - Department Convention in Austin
July 16 (Sat) – Second Annual Car, Truck and
Bike show at Mansfield Post 624
Jul 27 (Wed) – National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day (1953)
Jul 29 - Anniversary of the Army Chaplain Corps
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August
The American Legion Baseball World Series
Aug 4 (Thurs) - Coast Guard Birthday
Aug 7 (Sun) - Purple Heart Day
Aug 5-7, 2022 (Fri, Sat and Sun) - TAX FREE WEEKEND
Aug 5 (first Fri of every Aug) - International Beer Day
Aug 14 (Sun) – National Navajo Code Talkers Day
Aug 21, 2022 (third Sun of Aug) - National Senior Citizens Day
Aug 26 – Sep 1, 2022 – American Legion National Convention Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Aug 29 (Mon) - Marine Forces Reserve Birthday
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SEPTEMBER - National Disaster Preparedness & National Suicide
Prevention Month
Sep 2 (Fri) - VJ Day
Sep 5, 2022 (1st Mon in Sep) - Labor Day
Sep 11 (Mon) - Patriot Day (Terrorists’ Attack 2001)
Sep 11, 2022 – (first Sun of Sep after Labor Day) Grandparents Day
Sep 16, 2022 – (third Fri of Sep) POW/MIA Recognition Day
Sep 17 (Sat) – Constitution Day (1787)
Allied Memorial Remembrance Ride
Sep 18 (Sun) - Air Force Birthday (1957)
Sep 21 – 25, 2022 – DEC in Austin, Texas
Sep 25 (last Sunday of Sept) - Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day
Sep 30 (Fri) - American Indian Heritage Day In Texas
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October
OCW Cruse
District 12 Fall Convention (ALA only last year)
Handley Fest and Crime Prevention Fair
Oct 3, 2022 (first Tues in Oct) – Texas National Night Out
Oct 9, 2022 (Sun) – Breast Cancer Awareness Benefit Breakfast at Post 379
Oct 10 (2nd Mon in Oct) - Columbus Day (1492)
Oct 10, 2022 (2nd Mon in Oct) - American Airlines Sky Ball XIII
Oct 13 (Thurs) - Navy Birthday
Oct. 22-23, 2022 (Sat-Sun) - Bell Fort Worth Alliance Air Show
Oct 26 (Wed) - National Day of the Deployed
Oct 27 (Thurs) – Navy Day
Oct 31(Mon) - Halloween
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November – Military Family Month, Warrior Care Month
Native American Heritage Month
Annual Cowtown Homeless Veteran Stand Down
Annual Massing of the Colors,
MOWW
November Audie
Murphy Parade, Farmersville
(Monday) – Golden Corral Military Appreciation Night
Annual Mid-Cities Stamp Expo; Grapevine Convention Center
Toys for Tots kick off
Nov 4-6, 2022 (Fri – Sun) - Youth Cadet Law Enforcement at Post 569
Nov 6, 2022 (Sun) - Daylight Saving Time ends
Ft Worth Massing of the Colors
Nov 8, 2022 (2nd Tues in Nov) – Election Day
Nov 10 (Thurs) - Marine Corps Birthday
Nov 11 (Fri) -
Veterans Day
Veterans Breakfast: 7:00 am at Post 838?
TARRANT COUNTY VETERANS DAY PARADE
National Cemetery Veterans Day Program
Flag Retirement Ceremony; 5:15 pm at Post 516
TBD – most likely Sat
Nov 12, 2022
Grapevine Veterans Day Parade
Mansfield Veterans Day Parade
Haltom City Veterans Park Dedication
Trophy Club Veterans Park Dedication
Nov 17, 2022 (Thurs) – RecruitMilitary’s Dallas Veterans Job Fair
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX
Nov 19 (Sat) - World Toilet Day
Nov 20, 2022 (Sun) – Fort Worth Parade of Lights 6 pm
Nov 24, 2022 (4th Thurs in Nov) - Thanksgiving Day
Nov 24, 2022 (Thurs) - National Red Kettle Campaign Kick-off
Nov 25 (Fri) - Native American Heritage Day
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DECEMBER
Dec or Jan - Armed Forces Bowl (Veterans free tickets)
Veterans Village at the Armed Forces bowl
Dec - Holiday & Heroes for NAS holidaysandheroes.org
Dec 1 (Thurs) - Civil Air Patrol (USAF Auxiliary) Birthday
Dec 7 (Wed) – Pearl Harbor Day
Dec 13 (Tues) - National Guard Birthday
Dec 17, 2022 (Sat) - National Wreaths Across America
Dec 19 (Mon) Chanukah/Hanukkah (first day)
Dec 24 (Sat) - Christmas Eve
Dec 25 (Sun) - Christmas Day
Dec 26 (Mon) Kwanzaa (first day)
Dec 28 (Wed) - Anniversary of the Army Chaplain Assistant
Dec 31 (Sat) - New Year's Eve
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Significant Months
March – Month of the Military Caregiver
April – Month of the Military Child
May – National Military Appreciation Month
September is National Preparedness Month
September is National Suicide Prevention Month
November – Military Family Month, Warrior Care Month
DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS CONVENTION Future Dates
2023 – July 10 – 16 - Austin, Texas
2024 – July 10 – 14 - Austin, Texas
2025 – July 9 – 13 - Austin, Texas
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Future Texas Fall DEC Dates:
September 20 – 24, 2023 - Austin, Texas
September 18 – 22, 2024 - Austin, Texas
September 17 – 21, 2025 - Austin, Texas
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American Legion National Convention Future Dates and Locations
Charlotte, NC – August 25 – 31, 2023
New Orleans, LA – August 23 – 29, 2024
Tampa Bay, FL – August 22 – 28, 2025
Louisville, KY – August 28 – September 3, 2026
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Last update 5/7/2022