The American Legion
American Legion Post 189 Robert L Clore
Legion Post #189 — Lees Summit, MO. Service and a meeting hall — Lees Summit.
- Legion Post #189
- Lees Summit, MO
American Legion Post 189 Robert L Clore. Its post has met since 1924 — Lees Summit, MO. 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.
The work is ordinary and steady. A flag detail at a funeral. A winter drive that fills a corner of the hall with gifts. A scholarship evening where the Legionnaires hand an envelope to a student and then go back to the coffee. None of it is loud. All of it is the point of the charter.
The regular meeting is the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM. Anyone planning to visit should confirm the night before they come, because a funeral detail or a weather delay can move it. Between meetings the Legionnaires stay in touch the old way: at the hall, and through the officers listed on this sample site — Lees Summit, MO.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Lees Summit, MO. 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 — Lees Summit, MO.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The post leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Lees Summit, MO.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Post 189 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few Legionnaires who know the ceremony — Lees Summit, MO.
102
Years on the calendar — Lees Summit
Charter story set in 1924
100 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
17
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Tue, Mar 24, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of American Legion Post 189 Robert L Clore, written here as the third Wednesday at 6:30 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 — Lees Summit, MO. |
| Wed, Apr 8, 2026, 6:00 PM | Holiday sorting day | Boxes along the wall of the hall get sorted into gifts, coats, and pantry food for local families — Lees Summit, MO. |
| Wed, Jun 10, 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 189 Robert L Clore. 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 Memorial Day wreath on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Lees Summit, MO.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the Memorial Day wreath — Lees Summit
By spring the hall had the Memorial Day wreath underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 189 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 — Lees Summit.
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 third Wednesday at 6:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the post might tell that year — Lees Summit, MO.
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 189 — Lees Summit, MO. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Lees Summit, MO.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Lees Summit, MO. American Legion Post 189 Robert L Clore. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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