The American Legion
American Legion Post 48 Burrowes
Legion Post #48 — Loup City, NE. A post since 1964 — Loup City, NE.
- Legion Post #48
- Loup City, NE
In 1964 a handful of veterans chartered Post 48 — Loup City, NE. From that first meeting the post grew into a hall that still marks the year with a memorial service, a community project, and a table full of people who know one another’s stories.
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 meeting line says the second Tuesday 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 — Loup City, NE.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Loup City, NE. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The post leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Loup City, NE.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Post 48 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few Legionnaires who know the ceremony — Loup City, NE.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the post awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Loup City, NE.
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Years on the calendar — Loup City
Charter story set in 1964
190 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
38
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of American Legion Post 48 Burrowes, 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 — Loup City, NE. |
| Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the post — Loup City. |
| Mon, Jun 15, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Post 48. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
American Legion Post 48 Burrowes. 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 spring scholarship on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Loup City, NE.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — Loup City
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 48 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 — Loup City.
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 — Loup City, 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 48 — Loup City, 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 — Loup City, NE.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Loup City, NE. American Legion Post 48 Burrowes. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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