American Legion 96th Birthday Party Dinner

Venue: Webster’s Inn on Third Street
The American Legion 96th Birthday Party Dinner will be held at Webster’s Inn on Third Street, Reedsville, on Tuesday, March 10, 2015. All American Legion, Amvets, Auxiliary and Junior members, Son’s of Amvets and spouse or friends are invited to attend. The evening will begin with cocktails from 4:30-5:30 p.m. then presentations from the local Badger Boys and Girls from 5:30-6:30, followed by a family style dinner of chicken and beef tips with all the trimmings. The cost will be $15.50 per person, tax and tip included. Reservations need to be made by March 3rd by calling Shirley Thelen @ 920-686-1332, or Joan Grimm at 920-754-4539. Those attending are asked to bring along either a dry or canned goods to be donated to the Holy Family Pantry. The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans Organization focusing on service to a group of war weary veterans of WWI. Membership swiftly grew to over 1 million and local posts sprang up across the Country. The Reedsville Post has been in existence since 1921, and was named after Joseph Gosz, a local man, who was killed in France during WWI, The Gosz Legion Auxiliary was also organized in 1921. In 1946 the name of the
post was changed to Gosz/Novak after Charles Novak who was killed in an airplane crash in 1943.