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This web site is dedicated to the men and
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OUR 100th YEAR AS
AN AMERICAN LEGION POST IS THIS YEAR.
WE WERE CHARTERED IN AUGUST OF 1920.
We have a plan! Many thanks to
Jim Casey and Skip Scarborough.
PLEASE VOLUNTEER TO HELP US. THIS IS YOUR POST.
PLEASE EMAIL YOUR REQUESTS,
THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS TO:
Post440Newtown@gmail.com
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NewtownPost440.org |
Welcome to American Legion Post 440 in Newtown, PA. We are a progressive
post, actively involved in our community and committed to Veterans from
ALL conflicts &
their family. Since we've been around for 100 years, we have collected a
huge quantity of resources.
We are over 250 members strong, and of course, we are always
seeking new members. If you are a Veteran who wants to hang out or chat
with your brothers and sisters who were there - or even if you are just interested, please
contact us – ask a question or better yet – come down to
one of our meetings - ALL
Veterans are welcome.
We also have a few positions open within the Post as well.
We’re at
41 Linden Ave.
in Newtown, PA.
“We are still serving our country”
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Today is Monday, February 17, 2020.
The website was last updated on Monday, February 3, 2020. |
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Letter
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Post
Bulletin |
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Taps: In
Memoriam |
20/20
Fundraiser
UPDATED 2/4/2020 |
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Get
your DD-214 |
Legion Baseball |
PA
Veterans
License Plate
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IMPORTANT!
Get your email on
the Mailing List |
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Here is where you can get your military
service records including your medical records.
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Here is where you can get started, apply
for benefits
or manage your VA Benefits
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 DROP OFF YOUR USED, WORN OUT AND TATTERED AMERICAN FLAGS AT OUR NEW DROP BOX
IN FRONT OF THE
LEGION HALL. PASS IT ON!
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There are still some outstanding
membership dues.
If you have any questions about your status, please contact me.
Post440Newtown@gmail.com
On the plus side,
click here for some good news regarding
membership.
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Get Your
Veteran's
Discount Card! |
Please Note: When you are finished viewing pictures, simply
close the tab or window they are in and you will be back at our
web site.
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A New Chair Lift has
been installed on the stairs leading down to our meeting area. This is
for the convenience of our elderly or disabled members.
Please be aware that there MUST be a member with you if you use
the Lift. Thanks. - The Commander |
Don't forget to notify our
Service Officer if you know
of any post member who is sick, ill or otherwise indisposed.
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Click Here
if you want to opt out of
the paper version of the Post Bulletin and
go paperless. Read it on the Website and help keep us green! Saves the
post postage & printing costs, too.
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Morell Smith Post 440 Bulletin
February 2020 |
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Feb. 4 |
JOINT EXECUTIVE BOARD/VETERANS ASSOCIATION
MEETING |
7:30 PM |
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Feb. 12 |
President Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday |
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Feb. 14 |
VALENTINE'S DAY |
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Feb. 17 |
PRESIDENT'S DAY |
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Feb. 18 |
GENERAL MEETING |
7:30 PM |
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Feb. 19 |
U.S. COAST GUARD
ANNIVERSARY |
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Feb. 22 |
PRESIDENT GEORGE
WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY |
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Letter from
the Commander |
It was a long road back from my Gallbladder surgery, but I made
it! A big “Thank You” to our Sr. Vice-Commander Bill Harper for
standing in for me during my absence and to all of our Post Officers
for holding down the fort!
On Monday, January 6, 2020, our former Congressman, Mike Fitzpatrick
passed away after a long battle with cancer. Mike was a true
champion for all of Bucks County, having served as a Buck’s County
Commissioner and our Congressman from 2004-2006 and again from
2011-2017. For me, this was a very personal loss, as I have known
Mike for over 10 years and helped on several of his reelection
campaigns. He was a tireless leader for all of us here in Buck’s
County as well as Pennsylvania. Mike’s warmth, sincerity and
integrity are some of the things that I will miss most.
On Monday, January 20, 2020, Jim Anderson, John Hauck and I attended
the Guardian’s of Washington’s Crossing Annual Banquet, honoring the
Washington Crossing Honor Guard at the Spring Mill Country Club.
There was a presentation of a new video documenting the history of
Washington’s Crossing National Cemetery. The video will be available
on the Guardian’s website and ours as soon as the video is made
available.
As we begin 2020, keep in mind that this is the year of Morrel Smith
Post 440 100th Anniversary. During our Executive Meeting on January
7, we created a 100th Anniversary Committee that will be Co-Chaired
by Past Commanders Jim Casey and Skip Scarborough. We need all the
help we can get from all of our Members, so please, if you can help
out, see Jim or Skip. Our goal is to have everything “in place” by
May.
Rob
Boysen, Commander
267-278-0827
Freedomwatcher1949@comcast.net
It’s your flag. Honor it, defend
it, love it and fly it!!
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LEADERSHIP
OFFICERS |
Commander:
Rob Boysen
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Sr. Vice Commander:
Bill Harper |
Jr. Vice Commander:
Dick Bowes |
Adjutant:
Mike Errico |
Finance Officer:
Tom Morris |
Judge Advocate:
Don Marshall |
Sergeant-At-Arms:
Larry Kerwood |
Historian:
Norm Moorhead |
Chaplain:
Chuck Resch |
Service Officer:
John Houck |
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Membership Chairman
Jim Gieseke
Webmaster/Parade Coordinator/IT guy
and general information:
Jim Gieseke
215.631.2895
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PLEASE NOTE: If you
get a kickback or your email to Jean doesn't go through, copy and paste
the email address into your normal email program or call her. Not
everyone's default email will work via the web site. JFVG55@YAHOO.COM
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ALL HALL RENTALS AND APPOINTMENTS
MUST
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CLEARED THRU JEAN. |
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GET YOUR VETERAN'S DISCOUNT CARD!
You will need to go
to Doylestown to the Registrar of Deeds to get your card.
You must bring a copy of your DD214.
The card is good for discounts at many businesses in Bucks County.
If the date sounds familiar it the date to sign up for the Bucks County
Honor Flight (will start at 10:30).
This is not something you want to miss out on!
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POST 440 SUPPORTS 3 LEGION BASEBALL TEAMS.
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PA Veterans License Plates |
PennDOT will begin issuing a new series of military-themed license
plates to honor and remember the sacrifices of our service members and
veterans. These license plates will include special designations for a
variety of combat-related decorations and expand the criteria to qualify
for the Merchant Marines plate. The license plates were authorized by
Act 109 of 2014 and are now available for qualifying service members and
veterans.
PennDOT now offers 34 different types of
registration plates recognizing veterans. For a full list, click on the
web link below. The fees for these special plates vary.
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Click here to go to the PennDOT website. |
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MEMBERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS |
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GOOD NEWS!
The state has decided to allow you
to opt out of receiving those nasty dues reminders. You know, the blue
ones, the red ones the pink ones, etc. The procedure for getting
yourself opted out is this:
- Get your name (as it appears on your membership card) and your
membership number,
- Send an email directly to me:
james.gieseke@verizon.net
- OR you may write it down and hand it to me or mail it to the post
ATTN: Membership (no
scraps of paper, please)
- I will then opt you out of receiving membership renewal notices
FOREVER.
If you should decide you would like to receive them again, simply do
the same as above only say you want to reactivate.
NOTE: You may still get a reminder
from National.
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Membership requirements have recently
been changed.
Click here to learn more . . .
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You will be required
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DD-214. |
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STOP BY ANY MEETING ON THE 3RD
TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 7:30 PM |
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#103 |
Jerry DeYoung
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Linda Goll |
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GRAND PRIZE |
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Tickets for the next drawing are now available. |
New tickets are now available. The proceeds
from the 20/20 fundraiser go directly into our building fund to maintain
our Legion hall.
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DD-214 NOTICE ********
Get your FREE DD-214 replacement
forms from the government's National Archives.
to go to the
web site to request your DD-214's.
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Get your official veteran's discount picture ID
card!
Go down to the Doylestown Court House, go to the "Recorder of Deeds" on
the 2nd floor of the main courthouse bring your
DD-214 with you and
a photo ID.
You can use your new ID card to get discounts at many stores and
businesses.
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Click the logo to go to the official
American Legion Web Site |
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Henry Conroy |
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Robert Kenderdine |
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Robert Brodie |
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William Craighead |
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Joseph Watts |
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Merwyn Claar |
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Bruce Mitchell |
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Mike Donovan |
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Robert Novotney |
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Charles F. Schattler Jr.
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Costic Borsavage |
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Albert M. DiGregorio |
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Charles Morell Brown |
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Taps in Perpetuity |
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Morell Smith |
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Joe Carr |
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Robert J. Forsyth |
VA Regional Office:
1-800-827-1000 |
Benefits Counselor:
215-842-2000 |
Philadelphia VAMC:
1-800-949-1001 |
Willow Grove Clinic:
215-823-6050 |
Burlington County VA Clinic
3000 Lincoln Drive E,
Marlton, NJ 08053
844-441-5499 |
Pharmacy Automated Refills:
1-888-338-5525 |
Pharmacy Customer Service:
215-823-6361 |
Appointment Confirmation:
1-888-338-5525 |
Patient Advocate:
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Morell Smith Post 440 |
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Linden Ave. |
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Newtown, PA 18940 |
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We will be
celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of Morell Smith Post
440.
Officially, it
is August, 1, 2020. Next year, we will be celebrating our Centennial.
We will be getting challenge coins for the occasion
and
there will be a ceremony and maybe an event or 2.
Please stay tuned and check back often as you will have
the
opportunity to view & vote on the design of our challenge
coin.
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The official text for the naming of Morell Smith Post 440 |
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Newtown
Enterprise
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December 1919 |
Whereas, Lieutenant Morell Smith, having been an
honored citizen of Newtown, and having entered the war against
Germany in support of the highest ideals of justice and freedom, and
with a keen sense of their meaning to his beloved country; and
Whereas, Lieutenant Morell Smith, having nobly fought,
and having proven his deep devotion to his lofty principles by the
supreme sacrifice upon the field of battle: be it therefore
Resolved, in recognition of this single-minded
devotion, that this post be named The Morell Smith Post, Number 440,
of Pennsylvania, of the American Legion; and be it
Resolved, As a token of our deep sense of loss and of our
sincere sympathy with them, that a copy of this resolution be sent
to the parents of the late lamented Lieutenant Morell Smith.
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The above resolution was proposed by Dr. G.A. Parker, Jr. and Morris
Savidge |
This is a grave marker circa WW1. It
is made from brass. |
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