The American Legion
American Legion Post 246 Sun City Center
Legion Post #246 — Sun City Ctr, FL. A post since 1958 — Sun City Ctr, FL.
- Legion Post #246
- Sun City Ctr, FL
American Legion Post 246 Sun City Center. Its post has met since 1958 — Sun City Ctr, FL. 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 first Thursday at 7:00 PM, at the hall — Sun City Ctr. 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 — Sun City Ctr, FL. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Post 246 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few Legionnaires who know the ceremony — Sun City Ctr, FL.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The post leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Sun City Ctr, FL.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the post awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Sun City Ctr, FL.
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Years on the calendar — Sun City Ctr
Charter story set in 1958
100 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
| Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of American Legion Post 246 Sun City Center, 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 — Sun City Ctr, FL. |
| Thu, Apr 16, 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 — Sun City Ctr, FL. |
| 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 246 Sun City Center. 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 — Sun City Ctr, FL.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Sun City Ctr
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 246 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 — Sun City Ctr.
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 — Sun City Ctr, FL.
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 246 — Sun City Ctr, FL. 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 — Sun City Ctr, FL.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Sun City Ctr, FL. American Legion Post 246 Sun City Center. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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