ORLANDO
(September 2010)

The Orlando Concert Band with The American Legion Department of Florida invites you to attend our first concert of the fall season.

"Hey, I Know That One!" is a collection of popular favorites sure to entertain the whole family. There is no cost to attend and everyone is encouraged to bring family, friends, relatives, coworkers, and music lovers alike. 

The FREE concert will be held at The American Legion State Headquarters.



For additional information or questions please contact the Operations Manager and Trumpet Section Coordinator, Mr. Rick de Treville at 407.650.1559

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MILWAUKEE
(Sept. 1, 2010)

In a wide-ranging speech Wednesday that focused on recent bipartisan Capitol Hill accomplishments for veterans, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., summoned the spirit of a  past Republican president and five-star Army general to offer hope for the nation's unemployment problem.

She drew on Dwight D. Eisenhower's vision in the 1950s about how massive public-works projects, despite their high federal cost, were the building blocks of economic growth and national security.

"These were very difficult economic times," Pelosi told thousands of veterans gathered in Milwaukee for the 92nd American Legion National Convention. "And in spite of that bad economy, he made the decision to build the Interstate Highway System. But where would the money come from? You'd hear this all the time. The president said we are going forward because it is a national-security issue to have the American people connected by an Interstate Highway System. Not only that, it created an enormous amount of jobs. Just think where the country would be if it had not invested in that infrastructure at that time. It was a very courageous move by a very courageous president."

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MILWAUKEE
(Aug. 31, 2010)

A Michigan Army National Guard officer today received the prestigious Patriot Award from the nation's largest veterans service organization for his personal efforts in giving hope, and getting medical treatment, for a 13-year old Iraqi boy.
       
Major David A. Howell, a physician's assistant, was on a mission with his unit to protect a gathering of Iraqi women and children last November in Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, when he first saw Mohammed.  The women, widows of Iraqi policemen, were collecting government support.  His father was killed three years earlier by insurgents because he was an interpreter for American military forces.
       
His mother took off his cap and exposed Mohammed's badly disfigured head from a house fire when he was a young child.
      
"Will you save me?" the boy, then 11, said to Maj. Howell.

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MILWAUKEE
(Aug. 31, 2010)

For potentially saving the lives of thousands of innocent people, two Times Square businessmen, Vietnam veterans and Legionnaires, were given The American Legion's prestigious Patriot Award today during the opening session of the organization's 92nd National Convention here today.
       
Duane Jackson, an Army veteran and Lance Orton, Sr., a Navy veteran, almost simultaneously, spotted a dark-colored SUV Nissan Pathfinder in a No Standing zone on May 1.
       
"Smoke started coming out of it, then the pops began - five or six of them," Jackson said.  "They sounded like firecrackers - that's when everyone started running."
       
Thanks to their alerting authorities, the NYPD bomb squad, with the help of a remote-control robot, later confirmed the worst: The car contained a massive bomb.
       
"We dodged a bullet," Jackson said. "We're a family out here.  We have to look out for each other."
           
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MILWAUKEE
(Sept. 1, 2010)

Speaking at The American Legion's 92nd National Convention here, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley said that providing for airmen and their families will continue to be the service's "bottom line." He said it was "not only the right thing to do for our airmen, it is the smart thing to do for our Air Force."
 
Noting that 23,000 homes had been built or renovated for airmen and their families in fiscal 2010, Donley said the Air Force was increasing its community-based child care programs and plans to triple its number of liaison officers who work with Air Force children and local school systems.

Donley said that "nearly a decade of sustained combat operations" have imposed serious demands on Air Force families. He stressed the continuing need to support Air Force families and ensuring their health and wellness needs are properly met.
 
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