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Printed using recycled newsprintThe mission of The American Legion, Department Of Wisconsin is to provide service to veterans, their families and their communities.

Badger&“Wisconsin”&“Wisconsin” Official Publications of The

Wisconsin American Legion Family

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“For God & Country”

January 9, 2014 • Vol. 91, No. 1

On Sunday, November 10th, residents at the Wis-consin Veterans Home in Union Grove received a spe-cial steak dinner to celebrate Veterans Day. Planning was coordinated by Roger Sass of Post No. 544 of Union Grove and Louise Stack of the Milwaukee Women’s

On November 19th, the John F. Kennedy Post No. 479 of Milwaukee hosted a Memorial Service in honor of the slain President observ-ing the 50th Anniversary of his assassination.

The event was held at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center. Post No. 479 was assisted by Mil-waukee Post No. 18 and the Milwaukee Fire Fighters

Legionnaires across the state can receive the latest Legion news and win free Legionwear simply by using the Online Subscription Sign-up for the Badger Legionnaire. Simply go to our website at: www.wilegion.org. On the home page under ‘Department News’ click ‘Get Your Legion News Online’. Fill out the online subscrip-tion form and you will receive e-mail alerts, Adjutant’s Notes, messages from the Department Commander, and, of course the Badger Legion-naire at your e-mail address.

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• A posted photo of the Department Commander with the most ‘Likes’.

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Veteran’s and youth programs.This month’s winner is George

Wachuta of the Coon Valley Post No. 116. George served during the Vietnam War and has been a mem-ber of The American Legion for 30 consecutive years.

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Post No. 448. Steaks were grilled by Kim Stack of Milwaukee Police Post No. 415 with a little friend-ly advice from residents. Staff at the Home pre-pared baked potatoes and green bean casserole and directed the serving. Julia Atkinson, Commander of

Women’s Post No. 448, baked pies for dessert. To make it a more memorable evening the ta-bles were dressed with white table-cloths and cards for each veteran were placed at the tables.

Post No. 428. Post No. 18 posted the National Colors and Bishop William Strong, Commander of the Kennedy Post opened with prayer. The Firefi ghters Post No. 428 provided an Honor Guard and fi red a Rifl e Sa-lute while a Memorial Cross was placed at the Refl ecting Pool. “Taps” was played to conclude the event. The Me-morial Service was coordi-

nated by Kathy Arciszewski of Milwaukee with assistance from D e p a r t m e n t Adjutant David Kurtz and 5th District Com-mander Ensley Brown.

John F. Kennedy Memorial ServiceVeterans Day Steak Dinner at King

The 75th Wisconsin Regional and De-partment Oratorical Contests are sched-uled for Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Ripon College, Ripon, WI. The Ameri-can Legion Oratorical Scholarship Com-petition is designed for high school stu-dents, including home schooled, who are looking for an academic challenge and enjoy public speaking. The contest was developed to increase awareness and appreciation for the Constitution of the United States. Participants develop lead-ership qualities, the ability to think and speak clearly, and become prepared to accept the duties, responsibilities, rights and privileges of American citizenship.

Students begin at the local Post level and progress through County, District, Regional and State Competitions. Win-ning orations are based on content and presentation. The subject matter is based on some aspect of the Constitution of the United States with emphasis on the du-

Oratorical Competition Scheduled February 15th at Ripon Collegeties and obligations of a citizen. Com-plete rules and information can be found at www.legion.org.

District winners eliminated at the Re-

gional Competition receive $600 schol-arships; Three Regional winners receive $1,000 scholarships and compete for the State title. 2nd runner up receives an additional $1,000 scholarship; 1st run-ner up receives an additional $1,500 scholarship; Department winner re-ceives an additional $2,000 scholarship and competes at the National American Legion fi nals in Indianapolis, IN.

Ripon College offers a $5000 schol-arship to each of the three Department fi nalists upon enrollment at Ripon College.

National fi nalists receive scholar-ships of: 1st place-$18,000; 2nd place -$16,000; 3rd place-$14,000.

If you are interested in volunteering to assist as a moderator, judge, host or helper, contact Kim Shanks at De-partment Headquarters. Kim can be reached at (608) 745-1090 or by e-mail at kim@wilegion.org.

The American Legion Oratorical Schol-arship Competition was developed to increase awareness and appreciation for the Constitution of the United States. Participants develop leadership quali-ties, the ability to think and speak clearly, and become prepared to accept the du-ties, responsibilities, rights and privileg-es of American citizenship.