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November 2023
Military Family Month, Warrior
Care Month
Native American Heritage Month
Golden Corral Military Appreciation Night
Annual Mid-Cities Stamp Expo; Grapevine Convention Center
Nov 4 (Sati) – Dist 12 ALA Fall Convention at Post 516
Nov 4 - Autumn’s bears at Post 516
Nov 4-5 (Sat/Sun) - Department Legion College at Post 275
[2804 S Cockrell Hill Rd, Dallas, TX 75211]
Nov 5 (Sun) - Daylight Saving Time ends
Massing of the Colors
Nov 7 – Election Day, polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. On the ballot.
Nov 10 (Fri) - Marine Corps Birthday
Nov 11 (Sati) - Veterans Day
Tarrant County Veterans Day
Parade
National Cemetery Veterans Day Program
Nov 12 (Sun) - Chili Cook-off 12 noon at Mansfield Post 624
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
Fort Worth Parade of Lights 6 pm
Nov 23 ((Thurs) – Thanksgiving Day
National Red Kettle Campaign Kick-off
Post 569 will be open at 3 pm for a Thanksgiving Dinner
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 16 (Sat) – District Christmas Party at
Post 297
Legion
DEC 4:00 pm at the same location prior to the party
Dec 17 (Sun) - National Wreaths Across America
Kids Christmas Party, 2 pm at Mansfield Post 624
Dec 20 (Wed) - US Space Force Birthday
Dec
23 (Sat) - Armed Forces Bowl Veterans Village
Dec 24 (Sun) - Christmas Eve
Dec 25 (Mon) - Christmas Day
Dec 26 (Tues) Kwanzaa (first day)
Dec 27 (Wed) - Blood Drive at Post 655 - 10am
- 4pm
Dec 28 (Thurs) - Anniversary of the Army Chaplain Assistant
Dec 31 (Sun) - New Year's Eve
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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.
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
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
2023 advance
planning:
24-26 Feb 2023 Department Legion College Phase 1, 2, and 3 at Post 379.
Monday 6 March - D.E.C. #3 at 297
Saturday 11 March - Coffee Tour
Saturday 22 April
• 1100 D.E.C. at 624
• 1300 Spring Convention at 624
Tue, 09 May 23 - Boys State Orientation at Post 569 starting at 1900
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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2023 Planning
dates:
January 2023
Coats for Vets drive?
Jan 1 (Sun) – New Years Day
Jan 6, 2024 (Sat) – District Oratorical Contest, 9:00 am at Post 655
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 6 (Mon) - D.E.C. #3 at 297
Mar 9, 2024 (Sat)
– District 12 Coffee Tour & Membership Drive
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
Sikh carity ride: 9 – 10:30 registration
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 19-21, 2023
- Main Street Fest in Grapevine, TX (began in 1985)
May 20, 2023 (3rd Saturday in May) - Armed Forces Day
May 23 (Tues) - Boys State Orientation at Post 569 starting at 1900
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
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
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
Oktoberfest – 2 to 8 pm at Haltom City Post 655
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 29 (Sun) – Trunk or Treat 3 to 7 pm at Post 655
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
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 27 (Wed) - Blood Drive at Post 655 - 10am - 4pm
Dec 28 (Thurs) - Anniversary of the Army Chaplain Assistant
Dec 31 (Sun) - New Year's Eve
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Last update 11/28/2023
