The American Legion
American Legion Post 289 Brown-Hays
Legion Post #289 — Table Rock, NE. Service and a meeting hall — Table Rock.
- Legion Post #289
- Table Rock, NE
American Legion Post 289 Brown-Hays, the American Legion Post 289 — Table Rock, NE. The post dates to 1954, when veterans home from the Second World War and Korea wanted a room of their own and a way to keep serving after the uniform came off.
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 second Tuesday at 7:00 PM, at the hall — Table Rock. 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 — Table Rock, NE. 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 — Table Rock, NE.
Community
Community table
Once a month the post sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Table Rock, NE.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Post 289 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few Legionnaires who know the ceremony — Table Rock, NE.
72
Years on the calendar — Table Rock
Charter story set in 1954
80 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
15
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 289 Brown-Hays, written here as the second Tuesday 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 — Table Rock, NE. |
| Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The Legionnaires spend a Saturday on the small repairs the post has been putting off. |
| Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Post 289. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
American Legion Post 289 Brown-Hays. 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 — Table Rock, NE.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the Memorial Day wreath — Table Rock
By spring the hall had the Memorial Day wreath underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 289 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 — Table Rock.
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 second Tuesday at 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the post might tell that year — Table Rock, NE.
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 289 — Table Rock, NE. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Table Rock, NE.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Table Rock, NE. American Legion Post 289 Brown-Hays. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
Contact this group
This organization hasn't been claimed yet, so there is no contact information.