Please pass this out to WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam Veterans who want to tour the Military Memorials in Washington D.C. on September 7, Saturday. Diane Klopp, Founder& President, Top of Virginia, is sponsoring this event. Trip is "free" to all veterans. Veterans meet for breakfast, go on the tour on two buses, and return to have dinner. Spouses are invited to the dinner. See attached flyer. Site of Breakfast will be sent to all Veterans and Guardians who submitted applications. All...

Auxiliary Unit 72 will be holding bake sales each Friday night at Post 72 during their steak and seafood dinners to raise funds to purchase wreaths for the Wreaths Across America at Culpeper National Cemetery. Please see the flyer below and we hope you will be able to support this terrific effort.

After many years since the inception of the Do-Not-Call registry and the FCC Crackdown, the Federal Government has finally cracked down on one of those annoying telemarketers. Phone calls began in December 2011 and had continued until 2018 when they were finally prosecuted for their actions. A class action law suit was started and a settlement has been reached. The name of the parent company was Alarm.com and they were using Alliance Security and other third parties hired by Alliance to place a...

Are you one of 133,000 vets who may qualify for a tax refund windfall? Don’t wait to file your claim. There is a time limit fast approaching to get your claim completed. If you’re one of the more than 133,000 veterans who received a notice last July that you might be eligible for refunds of federal taxes you paid on disability severance pay, take heed and do it before summer. By law, you have a year to file an amended return with the IRS to get the refund, said Army Lt. Col. David Dulaney, ...

Below is the Spring Conference Call Letter. Also, the Ajutant has the following notes: 1. The Adjutant does not have an email address for Fred Miller or Ron Bantom. If you have contact with these two folks, please forward this information to them and ask them to contact the Adjutant to update their information. 2. Note the address change for the District Spring Conference for March 16, 2019 is Stafford Post 290, 1151 Mountain View Road, Fredericksburg, VA. Lunch starts at 1 PM with the meeting s...

Rolling Thunder® Inc., Virginia Chapter 3 (RTVA3), based in Dumfries, Virginia is planning the largest fund raising event in their chapter’s history.  They are going for the gold and they need your help. The event will be on Saturday, 27 April 2019, at the American Legion Post 176, 6520 Amherst Ave, Springfield VA 22150 from 0900 to 1500.  It is going to be a chili competition cook off (indoors) and a car & motorcycle show (outdoors). The Rusty Hall Band, Door Prizes, 50/50 ...

From the 16th District Commander, Sonnie Dickerson First and foremost we are very proud of everyone in the 16th District who have come forward to offer support for Post 162. Your concern for our fellow Veterans is very commendable and makes me proud to be among you. The response they have received is overwhelming and they appreciate everyone stepping up so quickly. We have been advised by the 17th District Leadership that they are working to establish formal channels for contributing to...

A new Post Locator application has been added to the District Website. The URL for the new locator is: https://16dvalegion.org/post-locator/. From the main menu it is under the "Join" menu item. The new locator has several features. A map overlay has push pins showing the approximate location of your Post. Clicking on a push pin displays a popup box with information about your post. This is the same information that is displayed on the table below the map. We hope you like the n...

We are getting ready for another membership drive at the Nations Gun Show during February. The event runs from Friday, 8 February to Sunday, 10 February. We will have a wall table this time to give us the ability to put up some material. Our goal is to sign up as many new or renewal members as possible through the weekend. Recruiting team at the last Nations Gun Show recruiting event. We need volunteers to help make this a success. The times of the setup and show are: Day / Dat...

Fairfax County Firefighters attempt to extinguish the Post 162 fire. You may have already heard that one of our fellow Legion Posts, Lorton Post 162 in the 17th District suffered a severe loss due to fire. On Saturday, January 26, at approximately 10:42 p.m., units were dispatched for a fire alarm activation in the 8200 block of Legion Drive in the Lorton area of Fairfax County. There were no civilian injuries. One firefighter sustained a minor injury that did not require transportation t...