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Next Meeting: Saturday, August 23, 2025

(date change due to Littleton Parade conflict)

Menu: Hot Dogs/Brats with Potato Salad

Guest Speaker: Henry Jones who is a major coordinator for the Honor Flights to DC

American Legion Post #17

1901 N. Harlan St.

Edgewater, CO 80214

Lunch/Social Hour 1100

Meeting 1200

Park behind the post building and go thru the double doors on the back of the building.

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August 18, 2025 Reminder

Morning All,

I just wanted to remind every one about our August meeting this Saturday the 23rd. Time -- 1100 social hour with food (hot dogs/brauts with potato salad) and drink, 1200 meeting starts; Location -- Post 17, 1901 North Harlan, Edgewater. Our speaker is Henry Jones, who is one of the major coordinators for the Honor Flights of Colorado. Actually, Dale Bowman has been selected to be one of the veterans on their next flight. To help pay for the Honor Flights, the Honor Flight Foundation and Channel 9 are having a telethon on September 18th. I would like to see some volunteers from our base step up and help. We already have a few but need more. Please consider volunteering, wear your vest/hat and get our organization notice thru out the Denver metro area. 



On a side note, I told everyone about our float winning first place at the Boulder County parade, well we just won first place in the Littleton Parade. Well done to everyone evolved in the parade, especially Grant, Dale, and Dale Jr. in all the time and effort they put in fixing up the float. 

Bingo this Wednesday the 20th. Location -- Veterans Home, 1919 N. Quentin St., Aurora. Time -- 1000. We really need some additional people to show up. Please support.

Hope to see a good turn out for our meeting.

Thanks

Paul

August 10, 2025 Reminder

Morning All,

We are less than a month away from our annual USS Grayling Memorial Ceremony. It will be September 6th at 1100. Location is the southwest corner of Sloan Lake Park -- 17th Ave and Sheridan. Very close to Post 17. Below is a memorial flyer. Please print it out and distribute to locations that will be viewed, such as churches, groceries stores, doctor offices, community centers, etc. Remember that here will be a luncheon at the Post afterwards.

Also remember that this Saturday the 16th is the Littleton Parade. This has always been a good parade with a lot of people. We have not gotten the final details as of yet. I will put out the info when I get it.

Thanks

Paul 

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August 8, 2025 Reminder

Morning All,

Just a reminder that we have a working party this Saturday at 1000 to perform maintenance on the two submarine veterans plaques at Ft Logon. We are going to meet at the admin's parking lot. We need to wire brush the plaques and paint them black. After that is done Bruce Marsden will paint the lettering and emblems gold. After all is dry we will spray them with a sealer. We did this for the memorial plaques and they still look great.

Also Grant and myself finished the final working of the 50th anniversary plaque stanchion. See pictures below. The company that did the job was excellent. They left the area cleaner than when they arrived and they gave us a 10% military discount. 

Thanks

Paul

Update From July 26th Meeting

Hey All,

We had a pretty good meeting yesterday. We had a total of 28 people with 23 members. The speaker was pretty awesome and everyone enjoyed his talk (the almost sinking of the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis). Our speaker next month is Henry Jones who is a major coordinator for the Honor Flights to DC.

The following are highlights of the meeting: (Remember you can always go to our YouTube channel and view the meeting)

1. Our first Kaps 4 Kids event in two years is on Sept 9^th at Children’s Hospital. Time 1330. Please arrive 45 minutes early to accommodate checking in with security. Also, Jennifer will need the names of people coming the day before to give to security.
2. WRR in 2026 is going to be at a resort called Sams Town in Las Vegas. Dates April 16 thru 19. Room cost is $89 per weekday nights and $139 for Friday/Saturday and there is a KOA campground right across the street. Registration starts in September.
3. Great news we got our grant of $3000 for the memorial plaque. We voted to approve the final design (see below). 
4. We are going to sell inscribed paving bricks. You will be able to choose from four different colors and whether you want an emblem (navy, army, dolphins, etc.) or not and what you want inscribed on the bricks. There are two sizes 4 in by 8 in or 8 in by 8 in. The smaller bricks will be $50 and the larger one will be $100 to purchase. The total bricks will be around 160. The people who can purchase the bricks are – Families of base members who are on eternal patrol; current members with their own information; and members who have family on eternal patrol from all other branches. When Grant gets the final order form from the company he will be taking orders.
5. Challenge coins are in. If you ordered one, please pay Tami as soon as possible. $15 per coin and it is easier to come to a meeting to get your coin. Otherwise, it will cost shipping to send it to you.
6. We need to repair the plaques at Ft Logan. We just need to inform the admin office that we will be doing repairs. I have a wire brush for a drill to clean the plaques and then we will paint them black. Bruce Marsden has agreed to then paint the lettering and emblems gold. The working party will be August 9^th at 1000. We will meet at the Ft Logan admin building. Right now, we only have Grant and myself going. We could use more.
7. The Estes Park parade was a big success. We had 22 people show up with 18 on the float. New record. Upcoming Parades are Boulder County Parade -- August 2nd (Dale/Tami/Grant will be emailing out the final details); Littleton Parade -- August 16th (we are signed up, final details to follow); Louisville Labor Day parade -- September 1st (details to follow); and Broomfield Days parade -- September 20th (details to follow). WE ONLY HAVE SIX PEOPLE SO FAR SHOWING UP FOR THE BOULDER COUNTY PARADE. WE CAN USE SOME MORE.
8. Henry Jones of the Honor Flights and the channel 9 are having a telethon to raise money for the Honor Flights. Date September 18^th from 0500 to 1900. They are looking for volunteers to man the phones. It would be a great opportunity to get our organization some public exposure. August meeting will be when we need the final names of people who want to volunteer.
9. There is a problem with everyone who switched to Post 17 from 161. For some reason none of them went thru. So PLEASE contact me or Ray Savard so we can get a good list of who switched. Then Ray is going to go to the State AL to find out what is going wrong. Please call or text me 303-641-9154 or Ray at 303-815-6229.
10. Dennis Robinson who passed away last Saturday did not want any services or burial. We held a short memorial for him.
11. We voted on mounting two motion detector flood lights and one camera on the storage tent at Dale/Tami's home. Dale Jr. has installed pallet walls inside the tent.
12. Finally, BINGO at the Veterans Home is August 20th at 1000. We really need some more people to step up and help.

Our next meeting is August 23rd due to the Littleton Parade on the 16th. People voted to have Hot Dogs and Brats with potato salad for lunch.

Thanks

Paul

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Asbestos Alert!

Written by T. Michael Bircumshaw and is in the last publication of the American Submariner on pg. 29.  It is important enough to be read to the members as they may have missed it.  “If you served any time between years 1900 and 2000 and did any time at sea or at certain Military installations, then you have been exposed to Asbestos.  Please get at least a high definition, no contrast needed, cat scan of your lungs.  Do it with a civilian pulmonologist, not the VA, and ask them to specifically look for pleural plaques and interstitial scarring in your lungs.  Once you have finally done that, call me at 951-775-4549.  Call me to tell me the results and we are hoping that your lungs are clean.  But, if like me, you have pleural plaques or/and asbestosis, then I can offer you some guidance on what to do about it.  It cannot be cured, but it can be compensated for, call me.  Don’t make me repeat myself, because I will.  Please do this for you and your family.”



  For more information about " Mesothelioma Plural Plaques " Click on the Red Link

Here are the links of how to make a claim to VA on PACT Act issues.

The first one is off the VA website and it is the actual form to make a claim. It does require you to be registered with the VA health System. The second one is a link to a VFW website to ask for help on applying for a claim. They do step by step instructions. The phone number is the VA hot line to ask VA help in filing a claim. The last is a YouTube on all this information. He is an ex-marine with info on all the agent orange and toxic exposure acts. Good info.

https://www.va.gov/disability/file-disability-claim-form-21-526ez/introduction

https://www.vfw.org/assistance/va-claims-separation-benefits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qNkMWTmOc8

1-800-MY-VA-411 (1-800-698-2411).