The American Legion
American Legion Post 243 Mount Vernon
Legion Post #243 — Mount Vernon, TX. American Legion Post 243, meeting — Mount Vernon, TX.
- Legion Post #243
- Mount Vernon, TX
American Legion Post 243 Mount Vernon. Its post has met since 1959 — Mount Vernon, TX. The charter came in the years after the Second World War and Korea, 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.
Meetings are the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM, at the hall — Mount Vernon. This page is a sample so neighbors can see the shape of the work. The group itself has not claimed the page, so the stories here are an illustration, written in the voice the post might use.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Mount Vernon, TX. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the post awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Mount Vernon, TX.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Post 243 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Mount Vernon, TX.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The post leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Mount Vernon, TX.
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Years on the calendar — Mount Vernon
Charter story set in 1959
210 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
42
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Wed, Mar 11, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of American Legion Post 243 Mount Vernon, 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 — Mount Vernon, TX. |
| Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the post — Mount Vernon. |
| Tue, Jun 16, 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 243 Mount Vernon. 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 — Mount Vernon, TX.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the Memorial Day wreath — Mount Vernon
By spring the hall had the Memorial Day wreath underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 243 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 — Mount Vernon.
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 — Mount Vernon, TX.
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 243 — Mount Vernon, TX. 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 — Mount Vernon, TX.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Mount Vernon, TX. American Legion Post 243 Mount Vernon. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
Contact this group
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