The American Legion
American Legion Post 527 Cissna Park
Legion Post #527 — Cissna Park, IL. American Legion Post 527, meeting — Cissna Park, IL.
- Legion Post #527
- Cissna Park, IL
American Legion Post 527 Cissna Park. Its post has met since 1944 — Cissna Park, IL. 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 second Tuesday at 7:00 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 — Cissna Park, IL.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Cissna Park, IL. 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 — Cissna Park, IL.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the post awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Cissna Park, IL.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The post leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Cissna Park, IL.
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Years on the calendar — Cissna Park
Charter story set in 1944
170 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
18
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of American Legion Post 527 Cissna Park, 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 — Cissna Park, IL. |
| Tue, Apr 14, 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 — Cissna Park, IL. |
| 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 527. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
American Legion Post 527 Cissna Park. 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 — Cissna Park, IL.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the Memorial Day wreath — Cissna Park
By spring the hall had the Memorial Day wreath underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 527 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 — Cissna Park.
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 — Cissna Park, IL.
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 527 — Cissna Park, IL. 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 — Cissna Park, IL.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Cissna Park, IL. American Legion Post 527 Cissna Park. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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