The Legionnaires meet on the last Wednesday of every month (except July, August & December) at 7 pm.
DECEMBER we meet with the SAL in the clubroom on the 1st Wednesday for a Potluck and short meeting starting at 6:30pm
Please join us! Your input and ideas are always welcome!
OUR VETERANS
In support of the Preamble to The American Legion constitution, our veterans are still serving America. At our own post, our veterans volunteer dozens of hours every week outside our walls. We take veterans to VA and/or doctor appointments. We help with daily errands and household tasks. We assist in feeding not only our veterans but others in need. Those that are able, make themselves available to deliver Military Honors at our fallen comrades’ funerals – as many as a dozen a month. Many of our veterans also volunteer at their places of worship and with other veteran organizations.
Post 459 veterans (Legionnaires) donate time and money to many worthy causes including Fisher House, Boy Scouts, Wounded and Returning Warriors and Shriners (to name just a few) as well as recognizing local Police and Fire Fighters.
We manage 4 apartments on our property, targeting veteran affordable housing. More than 3 dozen hours a week go toward this and other administrative tasks for our organization, and all of these veterans are volunteers.
We may be small, but we have a large heart.
For God and Country, we associate ourselves together 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 100-percent Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in all wars; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the 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 comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
POST OFFICERS 2025-2026
Commander: Ted Terhune
Senior Vice Commander: Josh Smith
Junior Vice Commander: Roger Meyer
Adjutant: Merlin Peacy
Sgt.-At-Arms: Hank Jansma
Chaplain: Donald "Doc" Jones
Judge Advocate: Jerry Dennis
Service Officers: Jerry Dennis & Josh Smith
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
DUES
Dues are $50.00 per year
Pay online: https://mylegion.org/PersonifyEbusiness/Home
Pay by mail: Mail your dues check to Post 459, 658 Michigan St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Pay in person: You can drop off your dues payment yourself. Just walk into the Post and talk with the bartender on duty.
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