Our Post 516 and area coming events

 

Check out the major events at all our district posts – we all need to play together

National Flag Code: FLY YOUR FLAG days are printed in red.

Normal meeting schedule:

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 516: second Sat at 9:30AM (temp)

Post 516 Executive Board: first Thursday at 7PM

American Legion Riders: First Saturday at noon

Sons of The American Legion Squadron 516: second Wednesday at 7PM

American Legion General Membership: third Thursday at 7PM

United States Submarine Veterans Cowtown Base: Third Saturday at noon

 

Bingo for Post 516 (every evening)

6535 Watauga Road, Watauga Texas 76148 Doors open at 6 PM

Sessions start at 7:00pm (every day) and 8:45pm (Wednesday through Sunday)

 

GREAT FOOD AT GREAT PRICES BY GREAT PEOPLE FOR A GREAT CAUSE

Restaurant opens Tues. to Sat. 6:30 am to 2 pm

Second Saturday Pancakes with the Commanders and President: 8 am to 11 am

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September 2023

 - National Disaster Preparedness & National Suicide Prevention Month

Sep 1 to 3, 2023 - Legion College at Post 379

Sep 1 (Fri) - Karaoke at the Post 7:00 pm – come on down!

Sep 2 (Sat) - VJ Day

Legion Riders Meeting at noon

Sep 4 (Mon) - Labor Day

Sep 6 (Wed) – Blind Draw Dart Tournament 7 pm sign up, 7:30 pm start

Sep 7 (Thurs) –Post 516 Executive Board meeting at 7PM

Sep 8 (Fri) - Karaoke at the Post 7:00 pm – come on down!

Sep 9 (Sat) –Pancakes with the Commanders and President: 8 am to 11 am

Veterans Day Parade meeting (10:00am)

Sep 11 (Mon) - Patriot Day (Terrorists’ Attack 2001)

Sep 10 (Sun) - Grandparents Day

Sep 13 (Wed) – Sons of the American Legion Squadron 516 meeting 7 pm

Blind Draw Dart Tournament 7 pm sign up, 7:30 pm start

Sep 15 (Fri)  Karaoke at the Post 7:00 pm – come on down!

Sep 15 Fri) - POW/MIA Recognition Day

Sep 16 (Sat) - Submarine Veterans Cowtown Base meeting at 12 noon

Sep 17 (Sun) – Constitution Day (1787)

Sep 18 (Mon) - Air Force Birthday (1957)

Sep 20 – 24 – DEC in Austin, Texas

Sep 20 (Wed) – Blind Draw Dart Tournament 7 pm sign up, 7:30 pm start

Sep 21 (Thurs) – Auxiliary Unit 516 Meeting at 4:30 pm

Post 516 General Membership meeting at 7PM

Sep 22 (Fri) - Karaoke at the Post 7:00 pm – come on down!

Sep 24 (Sun) - Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day

Sep 27 (Wed) – Blind Draw Dart Tournament 7 pm sign up, 7:30 pm start

Sep 29 (Fri) - American Indian Heritage Day In Texas

Karaoke at the Post 7:00 pm – come on down!

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October 2023

Oct 1 (Sun) - Unit 379 Annual Cancer Research Pancake Breakfast starting at 9 am

Oct 3 (first Tues in Oct) – Texas National Night Out

Oct 4 (Wed) – Blind Draw Dart Tournament 7 pm sign up, 7:30 pm start

Oct 5 (Thurs) –Post 516 Executive Board meeting at 7PM

Oct 6 (Fri) - Karaoke at the Post 7:00 pm – come on down!

Oct 7 (Sat) – Legion Riders Meeting at noon

Car Show 10 am to 2 pm at Post 516

ALR 624 Annual Bike Rodeo

Oktoberfest – 2 to 8 pm at Haltom City Post 655

Oct 11 (Wed) – Sons of the American Legion Squadron 516 meeting 7 pm

Blind Draw Dart Tournament 7 pm sign up, 7:30 pm start

Oct 13 (Fri)  Karaoke at the Post 7:00 pm – come on down!

Oct 14 (Sat) –Pancakes with the Commanders and President: 8 am to 11 am

Veterans Day Parade meeting (10:00am)

Oct 18 (Wed) – Blind Draw Dart Tournament 7 pm sign up, 7:30 pm start

Oct 19 (Thurs) – Auxiliary Unit 516 Meeting at 4:30 pm

Post 516 General Membership meeting at 7PM

Oct 20 (Fri) - Karaoke at the Post 7:00 pm – come on down!

Oct 21 (Sat) - Submarine Veterans Cowtown Base meeting at 12 noon

Oct 25 (Wed) – Blind Draw Dart Tournament 7 pm sign up, 7:30 pm start

Oct 28 (Fri) - Karaoke at the Post 7:00 pm – come on down!

Oct 29 (Sun) – Trunk or Treat 3 to 7 pm at Post 655

Oct 30 (Wed) – Blind Draw Dart Tournament 7 pm sign up, 7:30 pm start

Oct 31(Tues) - Halloween

 

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EVENTS

https://fortworth.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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2023 Planning dates:

 

January 2023

Coats for Vets drive?

Jan 1 (Sun) – New Years Day

Jan 7, 2023 (Sat) - - District Oratorical contest at Post 569

Jan 13 – Feb 4, 2023 – Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo 

Wreath Clean Up Day, 8 AM at Dallas–Fort Worth National Cemetery

Jan 14, 2023 (Sat) - Fort Worth Stock Show’s All Western Parade is scheduled for 11 a.m.

Jan 16, 2023 (3rd Monday) – Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Jan 17 – 22, 2023 - Mid Winter Conference- Austin, Texas

Jan 27, 2023 (Fri) - International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Jan 30, 2023 (Mon) - Military Appreciation Day

 

February 2023 - Americanism Month

1st Division Oratorical Competition

Feb 2 (Thurs) – Groundhog Day

Feb 3 (Fri) - Four Chaplains Day

Feb. 4 (Sat) - USO Birthday

Feb 5 (Sun) – Scout Sunday

Feb 11 (Sat) – Veterans Day Parade meeting (10:00am) at Greater Fort Worth American Legion Post 516

Feb 12 (Sun) – Lincolns Birthday

Feb 12 2023 (Sun) – Super Bowl

Feb 14 (Tues) - Valentine's Day

Feb 19 (Sun) – Coast Guard Reserve Birthday

Feb 20 (Mon) – Presidents day

Feb 22 (Wed) – Washington’s Birthday

Feb 24 - 26 - Department Legion College Phases 1-3 training at Post 379

 

March 2023 - Month of the Military Caregiver - Community Service Month – Women’s History Month

Eagle Scout Nomination Packets Due to Department 

Mar 2 – Texas Independence Day – If needed you can be baptized a Texan in Huntsville today

Mar 3 (Fri) - Navy Reserve Birthday

Mar 4 (Sat) – Mardi Gras

Mar 5 (Sun) - Seabee Birthday

Mar 11, 2023 (Sat) - Coffee Tour – 7 am start at HEB Post 379 return 5 pm

Veterans Day Parade meeting (10:00am) at Greater Fort Worth American Legion Post 516

Mar 12, 2023 – Daylight saving time begins

Mar 13 – K-9 Veterans Day

Mar 13-19 – National Creative Arts Therapy Week

Mar 15 – 17 American Legion Birthday

Mar 17 - St. Patrick's Day

Mar 17-18 (Fri to Sat) – Mansfield; The World's Only St. Paddy's Pickle Parade & Palooza

Mar 20 – International Day of Happiness

Mar 21 – Rosie the Riveter Day

Mar 25 - National Medal of Honor Day

Mar 29 - Vietnam Veterans Day

 

April 2023 - Month of the Military Child - Children & Youth Month

Apr 1 (Fri) - April Fools Day

Apr 2, 2023 – Palm Sunday

Apr 5 (Tues) - Gold Star Wives Day

Apr 5. 2023 (Thurs) - Passover Eve

Apr 5 to 13, 2023 – Passover

Apr 7, 2023 (2 days before Easter) - Good Friday

Apr 9, 2023 (Sun) – Easter Sunday

Apr 14 - Air Force Reserve Birthday

Apr 15 – Purple UP! Day for military children

Apr 17, 2023 (Mon) - Patriots’ Day (Battle of Lexington & Concord)

Apr 19, 2023 (Wed) - Medal of Honor motorcade from DFW Airport to Gainesville

Apr 19 to 22, 2023 - Gainesville Medal of Honor Host City Program Events

Apr 22, 2023 (Sat) – 11 am DEC #4 at Mansfield Post 624

Apr 22, 2023 (Sat) – District 12 Spring Convention at Mansfield Post 624

Apr 23 - Army Reserve Birthday

Apr 29, 2023 (Sat) – American Legion Family Day

Hops and Props 9 am to 5 pm, beer tasting from 12 to 5

Apr 30 - National Military Brats Day

 

May 2023 - 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 - Law Day & Loyalty Day & Silver Star Service Banner Day

May 4 (First Thurs) – National Day of Prayer

May 4-7, 2023: Mayfest in Fort Worth, TX (began in 1973)

May 5 – Cinco de Mayo

May 8 - VE (Victory in Europe) Day

May 9 (Tues) - Boys State Orientation at Post 569 starting at 1900 

May 12, 2023 (Friday in May before Mothers Day)- Military Spouse Appreciation Day

May 13, 2023 (Sat) –Audie Murphy Day in Greenville

May 14 (2nd Sun in May) - Mother's Day

May 14, 2022 (Sat) - Division Convention at Emanuel L. Young Post 838

May 15 – Peace Officers Memorial Day

May 17-27, 2023 - CA to DC RFTW XXXIII RUN FOR THE WALL Southern Route

May 18, 2023 – Election of Post 516 Officers

May 19-21, 2023 - Main Street Fest in Grapevine, TX (began in 1985)

May 20, 2023 (3rd Saturday in May) - Armed Forces Day

May 26 (Friday before Memorial Day) - National Poppy Day

May 29, 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 2023

June - Graduations

Jun 16-18 (Fri – Sun) - Annual Dept. of Texas ALR State Rally?

2023 Girls State – have found no information on the state website

 

Jun 3 (Sat) – First Division Convention, Greenville, Texas

Car Show at Post 516 starting at 10 am

Adopt a Pet at Post 516 startomg at 10:30 am

Jun 6 (Tues) - D-Day - World War II Allied invasion in Normandy, France

Jun 11 (Sun) - Boys State Bus Send Off at 10:00 am – Legion Rider escort to Waco

Jun 11-16, 2023 - Texas Boys State  at the University of Texas at Austin

Jun 14 (Wed) – 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 18 (3rd Sunday in June) – Fathers Day

Jun 19 (Mon) – Emancipation Day - Juneteenth

Jun 23 (Fri) - Coast Guard Auxiliary Birthday

Jun 27 (Tues) - National PTSD Awareness Day

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July 2023

July 4 (Tues) - Independence Day

Arlington Texas Parade Starts at 9 am

Burleson parade  Starts at 9 am

Rocking Fort Worth 4th event

Flag Retirement at Post 516

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 10-16 (Mon-Sun) - Department Convention in Austin

Second Tuesday of July is Cow Appreciation Day.  Coined by Chick-fil-A

Jul 27 (Thurs) – National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day (1953)

Jul 29 - Anniversary of the Army Chaplain Corps

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August 2023

The American Legion Baseball World Series

 

Aug 4 (Fri) - Coast Guard Birthday

Aug 4 (first Fri of every Aug) - International Beer Day

Aug 7 (Mon) - Purple Heart Day

Aug 11-13, 2023 (Fri, Sat and Sun) - TAX FREE WEEKEND

Aug 14 (Mon) – National Navajo Code Talkers Day

Aug 20 (third Sun of Aug) - National Senior Citizens Day

Aug 25 – 31 – American Legion National Convention Charlotte, NC

Aug 29 (Tues Marine Forces Reserve Birthday

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September 2023

 - National Disaster Preparedness & National Suicide Prevention Month

Sep 1 to 3, 2023 - Legion College at Post 379

Phase 1 (Fri, 01 Sep 23),

Phase 2 (Sat, 02 Sep 23)

Phase 3 (Sun, 03 Sep 23)

Details Department Legion College

Sep 2 (Sat) - VJ Day

Sep 4 (1st Mon in Sep) - Labor Day

Sep 11 (Mon) - Patriot Day (Terrorists’ Attack 2001)

Sep 10 (first Sun of Sep after Labor Day) - Grandparents Day

Sep 15 (third Fri of Sep) - POW/MIA Recognition Day

Sep 17 (Sun) – Constitution Day (1787)

Sep 18 (Mon) - Air Force Birthday (1957)

Sep 20 – 24 – DEC in Austin, Texas

Sep 24 (last Sunday of Sept) - Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day

Sep 29 (Fri) - American Indian Heritage Day In Texas

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October 2023

OCW Cruse

 

?Oct 1 (Sun) – Breast Cancer Awareness Benefit Breakfast at Post 379

Oct 3 (first Tues in Oct) – Texas National Night Out

Oct 7 (Sat) – Car Show 10 am to 2 pm at Post 516

ALR 624 Annual Bike Rodeo

Oct 9 (2nd Mon in Oct) - Columbus Day (1492)

Oct 13 (Fri) - Navy Birthday

Oct 26 (Thurs) - National Day of the Deployed

Oct 27 (Fri) – Navy Day

Oct 31(Tues) - Halloween

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November 2023 Military Family Month, Warrior Care Month

Native American Heritage Month

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 (Sati) – Dist 12 ALA Fall Convention at Post 516

Nov 5 (Sun) - Daylight Saving Time ends

Massing of the Colors

Nov 10 (Fri) - Marine Corps Birthday

 

Nov 11 (Sati) - Veterans Day

Veterans Breakfast to go: 8:00 to 9:00 am at Post 838

TARRANT COUNTY VETERANS DAY PARADE

Mansfield Veterans Day Parade

Grapevine Veterans Day Parade

National Cemetery Veterans Day Program

Flag Retirement Ceremony; 5:15 pm at Post 516

 

Nov 12, 2023 (Sun) - 42nd Annual Massing of the Colors, Birchman Baptist Church – 2:30 pm

Nov 15 (Wed) - Tarrant County Homeless Veterans Stand Down 8am to 1pm

Nov 19 (Sun) - World Toilet Day

? Nov 20, 2022 (Sun) – Fort Worth Parade of Lights 6 pm

Nov 22 (4th Thurs in Nov) - Thanksgiving Day

National Red Kettle Campaign Kick-off

Nov 24 (Fri) - Native American Heritage Day

 

December 2023

Holiday & Heroes for NAS holidaysandheroes.org

 

Dec 1 (Fri) - Civil Air Patrol (USAF Auxiliary) Birthday

Dec 7 (Thurs) – Pearl Harbor Day

Chanukah/Hanukkah (first day)

Dec 13 (Wed) - National Guard Birthday

Dec 17 (Sun) - National Wreaths Across America

Dec 20 (Wed) - US Space Force Birthday

Dec 23 (Sat) - Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl

Dec 24 (Sun) - Christmas Eve

Dec 25 (Mon) - Christmas Day

Dec 26 (Tues) Kwanzaa (first day)

Dec 28 (Thurs) - Anniversary of the Army Chaplain Assistant

Dec 31 (Sun) - New Year's Eve

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Last update 9/20/2023