The American Legion
American Legion Post 187 Art Wrye-Lakewood
Legion Post #187 — Univesity Place, WA. Service and a meeting hall — Univesity Place.
- Legion Post #187
- Univesity Place, WA
American Legion Post 187 Art Wrye-Lakewood. Its post has met since 1927 — Univesity Place, WA. The charter came in the years after the World Wars, and the Legionnaires who stayed treated the monthly meeting as a standing promise: show up, look after one another, and leave the town a little better.
Over the years the post has taken on the jobs a town actually asks for: rides to a clinic, a meal after a funeral, help with a ramp, a speaker for a school program. The Legionnaires keep a notebook of what got done and what is still open, and they read it aloud before the meeting adjourns.
The meeting line says the first Thursday at 7:00 PM, which is the rhythm the directory lists. Come for the business, stay for the people. The portraits and the posts here are sample material, standing in until the post writes its own — Univesity Place, WA.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Univesity Place, WA. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Community
Community table
Once a month the post sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Univesity Place, WA.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Post 187 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Univesity Place, WA.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Post 187 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few Legionnaires who know the ceremony — Univesity Place, WA.
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Years on the calendar — Univesity Place
Charter story set in 1927
40 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
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Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of American Legion Post 187 Art Wrye-Lakewood, written here as the first Thursday at 7:00 PM. Confirm with the group before you travel. |
| Mon, May 25, 2026, 11:00 AM | Memorial Day observance | A half-hour observance, then coffee at the hall. The Legionnaires read the names they have been given — Univesity Place, WA. |
| Sun, Apr 19, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The Legionnaires spend a Saturday on the small repairs the post has been putting off. |
| Sat, Jun 6, 2026, 6:30 PM | Installation of officers | The post installs the new officers for the year and thanks the ones stepping down. Names in this sample are role labels, not the real officers. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
American Legion Post 187 Art Wrye-Lakewood. The year opens the usual way: a short meeting, a full pot of coffee, and a list of local families the post already knows. The Legionnaires voted to keep the winter gift drive on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Univesity Place, WA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Univesity Place
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 187 set a date, split the jobs, and showed up. A few neighbors who are not members came for the afternoon and stayed to ask about the next meeting — Univesity Place.
Aug 21, 2026
What the notebook says so far
Late summer the post looked back at the notebook. The honor detail had been out more than once, the community table had fed a crowded room, and the officers reminded everyone that the next business meeting is the first Thursday at 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the post might tell that year — Univesity Place, WA.
Officers
Officers
Commander
First Vice Commander
Adjutant
Finance Officer
Chaplain
Sergeant-at-Arms
Membership
Become a member
Eligible veterans and their families are welcome at a meeting of Post 187 — Univesity Place, WA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the first Thursday at 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Univesity Place, WA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Univesity Place, WA. American Legion Post 187 Art Wrye-Lakewood. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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