March Sweepstake Winners announced below 2024 MARCH SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS 1. $7,500 GRAND PRIZE Amt. after taxes $5751.25- David Cooper - Venetia, PA 2. $2,000 SECOND PLACE WINNER - Aurina Owens – Easton, PA 3. $750 THIRD PLACE WINNER - Joseph Lynch - Philadelphia, PA 4. $500 FOURTH PLACE WINNER - James Burford - Philadelphia, PA […]

NuPaths Receives Grant to Provide Tech Career Training for Pennsylvania Veterans, After-Service Members & Their Spouses NuPaths, a leading provider of technology career training programs, is proud to announce the receipt of a $199,998 grant aimed at supporting Pennsylvania veterans, after-service members, and theirspouses in their pursuit of careers in the technology sector. The grant, […]

Do you wear Red on Fridays? Remember Everyone Deployed, also known as RED or Red Friday, is a concept of honoring United States service members currently deployed overseas. Remember Everyone Deployed was created to remind people of our heroes overseas and show that we are thinking of them. So please wear RED on Fridays to […]

Americanism Post 51 During and following the coal strike of 1933 in western Pa. there was considerable radical activity in the coal towns in Fayette County. When a group of communists asked permission to have a parade on May Day (to coincide with Moscow's annual May Day Parade). in April 1943 the Uniontown Police Department […]

Gun Raffle winners The Department of PA American Legion held a Gun Raffle and the 2 Winners are: Jamie Lethiecq and Tom Gear.

FROM THE DESK OF James “Woody” Hogan, Department Adjutant Greeting from your Department Headquarters and Staff. Hoping everyone had a Blessed Holiday Season and we are all ready to continue the mission of our American Legion. The Department had its first Holiday tour of the Veteran’s Homes and VA Hospitals across the Commonwealth since the […]

COMMANDER’S COLUMN Steve Lavelle Department Commander This job is a demanding and rewarding position. As Department Commander, you have the opportunity to connect with Legionnaires across our great state. Our Department Headquarters staff is second to none. They work hard every day for you, our members. When you call any of the employees or stop […]

On behalf of the entire Richland American Legion Post 548 membership, CONGRATULATIONS to Post Chaplain Harry VanRiper on being selected for the Dr. Martoni “VETERANS SERVICE AWARD” 2023. (Pittsburgh, PA.) “The Dr. Charles J. Martoni Veterans Service Award was created in 2021 to recognize those individuals who continue their service to our country following their […]

FROM THE DESK OF James “Woody” Hogan, Department Adjutant American Legion family, I would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas from your Department’s Headquarters Staff. We pray that our American Legion family has a safe and prosperous Holiday Season. Let’s make 2024 a banner year for our Department and work together […]