Lake City American Legion
Long-time Legion leaders Emery and Vicky Fick named Water Ski Days parade grand marshals
Jun 14, 2017
Lake City American Legion Commander Emery Fick didn’t have great aspirations when he began attending Legion meetings regularly in 2000.
He was going to meetings because after selling his dairy herd he had something else, free time.
Four meetings later, in November, he became the post’s commander,...
Flags of Valor commemoration is June 21
Jun 8, 2017
Lake City American Legion Post 110 and Auxiliary Unit 110 are hosting a program commemorating Flags of Valor on June 21 in Veterans/Gold Star Mothers Park at 6:30 p.m.
Attendees should bring their own chairs.
The park is located at the intersection of Park Street and Lakeshore Drive along the...
Break-fest welcomes seasonal residents back to Lake City
Jun 8, 2017
Sunny skies and warm breezes helped welcome back the families who call Lake City their summer home as they attended the seventh annual Welcome Fest in their honor on Sunday, May 28 at the American Legion.
The usual continental breakfast was served, along with welcome bags filled with local maps,...
Flags raised at new public safety building
Jun 8, 2017
Members of the Lake City VFW and American Legion Color Guard raised four flags at Lake City’s new public safety building on N. 10th Street June 2. A brief tour of the building followed. The building, which will house the city’s police, ambulance and emergency response center, is largely complete,...
Flag retirement ceremony set for Flag Day
May 31, 2017
On June 14, two Lake City veterans groups will mark Flag Day with a cermony to retire damaged, faded or otherwise unservicable American flags.
The Lake City Louis McCahill Legion Post 110 and the Bernard Flesche VFW Post 8729 have announced a flag retirement and dignified disposal of...
Memorial Day in Lake City: 'Patriotism is Alive and Well'
May 31, 2017
It wasn’t raining Monday morning, but it was cool and breezy, and organizers had already decided on Saturday that the annual Memorial Day observance in Lake City would take place in the auditorium at Lincoln High School instead of Patton Park.
There was poetry, there was a musical tribute to the...
Lake City Legion announces officer corps
May 11, 2017
The Lake City Louis McCahill American Legion Post 110 elected a new board of directors for the 2017–2018 calendar year.
The following officers by position will take over in June.
Elected as post commander, Dan Smith; post adjutant, Andru Peters; post 1st vice commander, Gene Schumann; post...
'Flags of Valor' fundraising begins
Apr 26, 2017
The Lake City American Legion and Auxiliary are again planning a “Flags of Valor” project that will bring hundreds of flags to the Riverwalk over Water Ski Days weekend, and they are seeking donations to make it happen.
People can donate $10 per flag in honor of or in memory of an individual,...
McKenzie marks 70 years in American Legion
Mar 22, 2017
Dave McKenzie is the fourth member of the Lake City American Legion to receive a 70-year membership plaque from the organization this year.
He joins Donald Palmer, Babe TerBorch and Donald Dahling.
McKenzie served in the United States Navy from the summer of 1942 to the spring of 1946.
For much of...
70-year legion members look back
Mar 9, 2017
Three members of the Lake City American Legion Post received 70-year membership plaques on March 2.
Donald Palmer, 96, served in the Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945. His World War II service took him from India to Morocco and up into Italy.
Babe TerBorch, 91, served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to...
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