SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION
SQUADRON 459
S.A.L. Officers 2010-2011
Commander: Mark Fairgrieve Senior Vice: Joe Hollomon
Jr. Vice: Dan Parsaca Sgt.-at-Arms: Zach Terhune
Chaplain: Robert Harrison Finance Officer: Brad Koch
Historian: Fletcher Klap Judge Advocate: Craig Sattler
Adjutant: Rick Knapp Asst. Sgt.-at-Arms: Dennis Jansma
Meeting Times
Our Squadron meets every first Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m (except for July and August). All members of the Legion Family are welcome to attend. Please join us! Your input and ideas are always welcome!
Eligibility Requirements
Are you a son of a veteran? Would you like to join The American Legion? Check with American Legion Post 459 where you can find out your eligibility status and apply for membership in the world's largest veteran's organization. Complete the application and proudly become a SON OF THE AMERICAN LEGION.
Q: I am related to someone who served on active duty during one of the membership eligibilty dates. Can I join the Sons of The American Legion?
A: If your relative who served on active duty during one of the membership eligibility dates and is a member of The American Legion, you may join the Sons of The American Legion.
However, if the qualifying veteran is deceased you may join the appropriate organization, even if the qualifying veteran was not a member of The American Legion when living.
SAL Membership Application Form
S.A.L. dues are $25.00 per year
Our Mission and Statement of Purpose
We are proud possessors of a priceless heritage. To honor this heritage we work hard on five main goals:
- To help veterans
- To help veterans' causes
- To support our Post and our Legion Family
- To support our community
- To support children and youth
Our mission and purpose can best be summarized by the preamble to our S.A.L. Constitution:
Proud possessors of a priceless heritage, we male descendants of veterans of the Great Wars, associate ourselves together as "Sons of The American Legion" for the following purposes:
to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America
to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a true spirit of Americanism
to preserve the memories of our former members and the associations of our members and our forefathers in the Great Wars
to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation
to combat the autocracy of both the classes and masses; to make right the master of might
to promote peace and good will on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy
to consecrate and sanctify our friendship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness
to adopt in letter and spirit all of the great principles for which The American Legion stands
and to assist in carrying on for God and Country.
We Proudly Donate To:
Grand Rapids Home for Veterans
Rainbow Connection www.rainbowwishconnection.org/
Make-A-Wish www.wish.org/
Children's Miracle Network www.childrensmiraclenetwork.org/
The Dixie Vincent Scholarship Fund
Healthcare for Homeless Veterans (VCAP) Grand Rapids
Special Olympics
Boy Scouts of America
The ALPHA Project
Commander Pat Pustay accepts $165.00 donation from Sqd 459 for the ALPHA Project. . L-R: Sqd 459 Cmdr Mark Pietrusza, SAL Detachment Cmdr Pat Pustay, SAL 5th District Adjutant Rick Knapp, Sqd 459 member Joe Hollomon. (October 7, 2009)
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