Our Post 516 and area coming events
Check
out the major events at all our
district posts – we all need to play together
Normal
meeting schedule:
Post
516 Executive Board: first Thursday at 7PM
American
Legion Riders: First Saturday at noon
Sons
of The American Legion Squadron 516: second Wed. at 7PM
American
Legion Auxiliary Unit 516: third Thursday at 7PM
American
Legion General Membership: third Thursday at 7PM
United States Submarine Veterans Cowtown Base: Third Saturday at noon
GREAT FOOD AT GREAT PRICES BY GREAT PEOPLE FOR A GREAT CAUSE
Restaurant opens Tues. to Sat. 7am to 2pm
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April 2025 - Month of the Military Child - Children & Youth Month
Medal of Honor motorcade from DFW Airport to Gainesville
Gainesville Medal of Honor Host City Program Events
Apr 1 - April Fool’s Day
Apr 2 (Wed) - Blind Draw Dart Tournament 7 pm sign up, 7:30 pm start
Apr 3 (Thurs) - Post 516 Executive Board meeting at 7PM
Apr 4 (Fri) - Dinner at 6 pm, Karaoke at 7 pm
Apr 5 (Sat) - Gold Star Spouses Day
Vendor Fair at Post 516 – 10 am to 5 pm
Apr 8 (Tues) - Tina Marie's fried tacos and Bingo at Post 516.
Apr 9 (Wed) - Medal
of Honor motorcade from DFW Airport to
Gainesville
Sons of the American Legion Squadron 516 meeting 7 pm
Blind Draw Dart
Tournament 7 pm sign up, 7:30 pm start
Apr 11 (Fri) - Dinner at 6 pm, Karaoke at 7 pm
Apr 12 to 19, 2025 – Passover
Apr 12 (Sat) - Twelfth District Spring Convention at Emanual L Young Post 838.
Gainesville Medal of Honor Host City
Program Events
Apr 13 – Palm Sunday
Apr 14 - Air Force Reserve Birthday
Apr 15 – Purple UP! Day for military children
Apr 16 (Wed) – Blind
Draw Dart Tournament 7 pm sign up, 7:30 pm start
Apr 17 (Thurs) – Auxiliary Unit
516 Meeting at 7pm
Post 516 General Membership meeting at 7PM
Apr 18 (Fri) – Good Friday
Dinner at 6 pm, Karaoke at 7 pm
Apr 19 (Sat) - Kids Easter Egg Hunt 2:30 pm at Post 516.
Submarine Veterans Cowtown Base meeting at noon
Apr 20, 2025 – Easter Sunday
Apr 22 – 29 (Tues – Tues) Early Voting in city elections
EARLY VOTING Locations, DAYS AND HOURS
Apr 23 - Army Reserve Birthday
Apr 23 (Wed) – Blind Draw Dart Tournament 7
pm sign up, 7:30 pm start
Apr 25(Fri) - Dinner at 6 pm, Karaoke at 7 pm
Apr 26 (Sat) –
American Legion Family Day
Apr 30 - National Military Brats Day
APR 30 - A Salute to Vietnam
Veterans- 50th Anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War Commemoration
Apr 30 (Wed) – Blind Draw Dart Tournament 7
pm sign up, 7:30 pm start
May 2025
- National
Military Appreciation Month
May (1st week in May) – Public Service Recognition Week
May 1 (Thurs) - Law Day & Loyalty Day & Silver Star Service Banner Day
Post 516 Executive Board meeting at 7PM
May 1 (First Thurs) – National Day of Prayer
May 1-4,
2025: Mayfest in
Fort Worth, TX (began in 1973)
May 2 (Fri) - Dinner at 6 pm, Karaoke at 7 pm
May 2-4, 2025 – American Legion Riders Texas State Rally in Kerrville, Texas
May 3 (Sat) election day
May 5 – Cinco de Mayo
May 7 (Wed) - Blind Draw Dart Tournament 7 pm sign up, 7:30 pm start
May 8 - VE (Victory in Europe) Day
May 9 (Fri) - Military Spouse Appreciation Day
Dinner at 6 pm, Karaoke at 7 pm
May 10 Toyota vehicle Drawing AT 10.00AM
POST 14 SELLING TICKETS FOR $2.00 EACH FOR A BRAND NEW 2025 HONDA OR TOYOTA TRUCK OR CAR, WINNER CHOICE. WINNER MUST BE 18. WINNER DOES NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT TO WIN. FOR TICKETS CALL BILL DEAL AT (817) 718-6665 OR GO TO txlegionpost14.org
May 11 (Sun) - Mother's Day
May 13 (Tue) - Boys State Orientation 7pm at Post 655
Tacos and Bingo at Post 516.
May 14-24, 2025 - CA to DC RFTW XXXV RUN FOR THE WALL
May 14 (Wed) - Blind Draw Dart Tournament 7 pm sign up, 7:30 pm start
May 15 (Thurs) – Peace Officers Memorial Day
Auxiliary Unit 516 Meeting at 7pm
Post 516 General Membership meeting at 7PM
May 16 (Fri) - Dinner at 6 pm, Karaoke at 7 pm
Post 516 Submarine Veterans Cowtown Base meeting at noon
May 17, 2025 (3rd Saturday in May) - Armed Forces Day
May 21 (Wed) - Blind Draw Dart Tournament 7 pm sign up, 7:30 pm start
May 23, 2025 (Friday before Memorial Day) - National Poppy Day
Dinner at 6 pm, Karaoke at 7 pm
May 26 (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
May 28 (Wed) - Blind Draw Dart Tournament 7 pm sign up, 7:30 pm start
May 30 (Fri) - Dinner at 6 pm, Karaoke at 7 pm
EVENTS
Coats for Vets drive?
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.
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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2025 Planning
dates:
Coats for Vets drive?
Jan 1 (Wed) – New Years Day
Jan 11, 2025 (Sat)– District Oratorical Contest, 8:00 am at Post 379
[Volunteers need to be there at 7 a.m., contest at 8 a.m.]
Jan 11 (Sat) - Wreath Retirement Day 8:00 AM at DFW National Cemetery
Jan 15 – 19, 2025 -Mid Winter Conference- Austin, Texas
Jan 17 – Feb 8,2025 – Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo
Jan 18 (Sat) - Fort Worth Stock Show’s All Western Parade at 11 a.m.
(FYI - Stock Show’s Military Appreciation Day) will be Monday, Feb 3)
Jan 20, 2025 –Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan 20, 2025 – Inauguration Day
Jan 25, 2025 – Chili Cook-off at Post 516
Jan 27, 2025 (Mon)- International Holocaust Remembrance Day
February 2025
- Americanism Month
1st Division Oratorical Competition?
Feb 2 (Sun) – Scout Sunday & Groundhog Day
Feb 3 (Mon) - Four Chaplains Day
Fort Worth Stock Show’s Military Appreciation Day)
Feb. 4 (Tues) - USO Birthday
Feb 9 (Sun) – Super
Bowl
Feb 12 (Wed) – Lincolns Birthday
Feb 13 (Thurs) - Mardi Gras
Feb 14 (Fri) - Valentine's Day
Feb 15 (Sat) – Veterans Day Parade meeting (10:00am) at
VFW Post 8235
Feb 17 (Mon) – Presidents day
Feb 19 (Wed) – Coast Guard Reserve Birthday
Feb 22 (Sat) – Washington’s Birthday
March 2025 - Month of the Military Caregiver - Community Service Month – Women’s History Month
District 12 Coffee
Tour & Membership Drive
Quilts of Valor award ceremony at Post 516 at 3:30 pm
Mar 2 (Sun) – Texas Independence Day
If needed you can be baptized a Texan in Huntsville today
Mar 3 (Mon) - Navy Reserve Birthday
Mar 5 (Wed) - Seabee Birthday
Mar 7 – Veterans
Day Parade meeting
(10:00am) at VFW
Post 8235
Mar 9 – Daylight saving time begins
Mar 13 (Thurs) – K-9 Veterans Day
Mar 15 (Sat) – American Legion’s 106th Birthday
March 15 – MEMBERSHIP
COFFEE TOUR SCHEDULE
Mar 16 (Sun) – American Legion Birthday
Mar 17-25 – National Creative Arts Therapy Week
Mar 17 (Mon) - St. Patrick's Day
Mar 20 (Thurs) – International Day of Happiness
Mar 21 (Fri) – Rosie the Riveter Day
Mar 21 – Post
624 Bike Night (3rd Fridays)
Mar 22 (Sat) – Mansfield; The World's Only St. Paddy's Pickle Parade & Palooza
Mar 24 – Post 838 Golf Tournament
Mar 25 (Tues) - National Medal of Honor Day Museum Grand Opening
Mar 25 – Post
624 – trivia Night
Mar 29 (Sat) - Vietnam Veterans Day
April 2025 - Month of the Military Child - Children & Youth Month
Medal of Honor motorcade from DFW Airport to Gainesville
Gainesville Medal of Honor Host City Program Events
Apr 1 - April Fool’s Day
Apr 5 - Gold Star Spouses Day
Apr 5 –Vendor
Fair at Post 516
Apr 8 – Taco Tuesday with Bingo at Post 516.
Apr 12 to 19, 2025 – Passover
Apr 12, 2025 (Sat)
– Twelfth
District Spring Convention
Apr 13, 2025 – Palm Sunday
Apr 14 - Air Force Reserve Birthday
Apr 15 – Purple UP! Day for military children
Tax Day
Apr 18, 2025 - Good Friday
Apr 19 – Kids
Easter Egg Hunt 2:30 pm at Post 516.
Apr 20, 2025 – Easter Sunday
Apr 22 – 29 (Tues – Tues) Early Voting in city elections
Apr 23 - Army Reserve Birthday
Apr 26, 2025 (Sat) – American Legion Family Day
Apr 30 - National Military Brats Day
APR 30 - A Salute to Vietnam
Veterans- 50th Anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War Commemoration
May 2025
- National
Military Appreciation Month
Dates to be determined:
May x, 2025 (Tue) - Boys State Orientation 7pm at P569
May (1st week in May) – Public Service Recognition Week
May 1 - Law Day & Loyalty Day & Silver Star Service Banner Day
May 1 (First Thurs) – National Day of Prayer
May 1-4,
2025: Mayfest in
Fort Worth, TX (began in 1973)
May 2-4, 2025 – American Legion Riders Texas State Rally in Kerrville, Texas
May 3 (Sat) election day
May 5 – Cinco de Mayo
May 8 - VE (Victory in Europe) Day
May 9, 2025 (Fri. in May before Mother’s Day) Military Spouse Appreciation Day
May 10 Toyota vehicle Drawing AT 10.00AM
POST 14 SELLING TICKETS FOR $2.00 EACH FOR A BRAND NEW 2025 HONDA OR TOYOTA TRUCK OR CAR, WINNER CHOICE. WINNER MUST BE 18. WINNER DOES NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT TO WIN. FOR TICKETS CALL BILL DEAL AT (817) 718-6665 OR GO TO txlegionpost14.org
May
10, 2025 - Spring Market at Post 655
Post 624 - 2025
Annual Car, Truck and Bike Show
May 11, 2025 (2nd Sun in May) - Mother's Day
May 14-24, 2025 - CA to DC RFTW XXXV RUN FOR THE WALL
May 15 – Peace Officers Memorial Day
May 16-18, 2025
- Main Street Fest in Grapevine, TX (began in 1985)
May 17 – Post 624 - 2025 Spring fling Luau
May 17, 2025 (3rd Saturday in May) - Armed Forces Day
May 23, 2025 (Friday before Memorial Day) - National Poppy Day
May 26, 2025 (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 2025
June - Graduations
Girls State – have found no information on the state website
(Sat) – First Division Convention
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 6 - D-Day - World War II Allied invasion in Normandy, France
Jun 8, 2025 (Sun) - Boys State Bus Send Off at 10:00 am – Legion Rider escort
Jun 8-13, 2025 - Texas Boys State Texas Boys State at UT Austin
Jun 14 – Army Birthday – Flag Day
Jun 15, 2025 (3rd Sunday in June) – Fathers Day
Jun 19 – Emancipation Day - Juneteenth
Jun 23 - Coast Guard Auxiliary Birthday
Jun 27 - National PTSD Awareness Day
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July 4 - Independence Day
Arlington Texas Parade Starts at 9 am
Burleson parade Starts at 9 am
Rocking Fort Worth 4th event
Not confirmed events:
Haltom City Post 655 Family Day ending with
FIREWORKS starting at 3 pm
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 10-12, 2025 (Mon-Sun) - Department Convention in Austin
Second Tuesday of July is Cow Appreciation Day. Coined by Chick-fil-A
Jul 27 – National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day (1953)
Jul 29 - Anniversary of the Army Chaplain Corps
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The American Legion Baseball World Series
Aug 1 (first Fri of every Aug) - International Beer Day
Aug 4 - Coast Guard Birthday
Aug 7 - Purple Heart Day
Aug 8-10, 2025 (Fri, Sat and Sun) - TAX FREE WEEKEND
Aug 14 – National Navajo Code Talkers Day
Aug 17 (third Sun of Aug) - National Senior Citizens Day
Aug 22 – 28, 2025 – American Legion National Convention Tampa Bay, FL
Aug 29 - Marine Forces Reserve Birthday
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- National
Disaster Preparedness & National Suicide Prevention Month
Sep 1 (1st Mon in Sep) - Labor Day
Sep 2 - VJ Day
Sep 7 (first Sun of Sep after Labor Day) - Grandparents Day
Sep 11 - Patriot Day (Terrorists’ Attack 2001)
Sep 17 – Constitution Day (1787)
Sep 17 – 21, 2025 - DEC in Austin, Texas
Sep 18 - Air Force & Air National Guard Birthday (1957)
Sep 19 - (third Fri of Sep) - POW/MIA Recognition Day
Sep 26 - American Indian Heritage Day In Texas
Sep 30 (last Sunday of Sept) - Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day
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October 2025
?-Oct 5 (Sat) – Bike Rodeo at Mansfield Post 624
Oct 1 (first Tues in Oct) – Texas National Night Out
Oct 13, 2025 (2nd Mon in Oct) - Columbus Day (1492)
Oct 13 - Navy Birthday
Oct 26 - National Day of the Deployed
Oct 27 – Navy Day
Fri, Oct 31 – Halloween
Here down update in work
November 2025
Military Family Month, Warrior
Care Month
?-Friday, Nov. 1 – City of Fort Worth annual Arbor Day event
Nov 8 (Sat) - Veterans Day Parade Volunteers meeting 11am, VFW 8235
Nov 1 (Sat) - Native American Heritage Month
Nov 2 (Sun) - Daylight Saving Time ends
Nov 4, 2025 – Election Day
?-Nov 8 & 9 (Fri, Sat) – 2024 Mid-Cities Stamp Club EXPO
?-Nov 20 (Wed) - 14th
Annual Tarrant County Homeless Stand Down
Nov 8 (Sat):
?-Mansfield Veterans Day Parade
?-Grapevine Veterans Day Parade
Nov 9 (Sun) - Massing of the Colors, Birchman Baptist Church – 2:30 pm
Nov 10 (Sun) - Marine Corps Birthday
Nov 11 (Tues) - Veterans Day
2025 TARRANT
COUNTY VETERANS DAY PARADE
National Cemetery Veterans Day Program
?-Arlington Veterans Day Parade
Nov 19 - World Toilet Day
Nov 24 - Native American Heritage Day
?-Nov 24 - Fort Worth Parade of Lights 6 pm
Nov 27, 2025 - Thanksgiving Day
National Red Kettle Campaign Kick-off
Nov 28, 2025 – Black Friday
December 2025
Dec 1 - Civil Air Patrol (USAF Auxiliary) Birthday
Dec 7 – Pearl Harbor Day
Dec 13 - National Guard Birthday
Dec 13, 2025 - National Wreaths Across America Day
Dec 20 - US Space Force Birthday
Dec 24 - Christmas Eve
Dec 25 - Christmas Day
Dec 14, 2025 - Hanukkah (first day) to Dec 22, 2025
Dec 26 (every year) - Kwanzaa (first day) to Jan 1, 2025
?-Dec 27 - Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl and Veterans Village
Dec 28 - Anniversary of the Army Chaplain Assistant
Dec 31 - New Year's Eve
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Last update 4/1/2025
