The American Legion was chartered
by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help war-time veteran’s
organization. The American Legion is a community-service organization
which now numbers nearly 3 million members – men and woman – nearly
15,000 American Legion Posts worldwide. These Posts are organized
into 55 Departments – one each for the 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, France, Mexico and the Philippines.
American
Legion Brick Post 348 is located on the banks of the beautiful Metedeconk
River in Brick New Jersey. Post 348 has over 1300 members making
the membership one of the largest in New Jersey. Active and
involved, the dedicated Veterans, Auxiliary, S.A.L., and Legion Riders
always seem to have a plan for fun and fund raising in the works.
Commander Jim Erskine of
Brick Memorial Post 348 of the American Legion presents a U.S. Flag
and a donation of $250.00 to Dorothy Holtzman of the Brick Township
Friends of the Library . The friends of the Library recently contacted
the Brick American Legion with a request for a U.S. Flag for display.
Pictured left to right.. Helen Quinn and Marilyn Lago (friends of
the library), Commander Jim Erskine, Dot Holtzman, Susan Gardiner
(Branch Manager) and Brick Memorial Post Vice Commander Paul Bode.
