Shreveport Times
By John Andrew Prime
The national commander of the American Legion will visit Shreveport’s Lowe-McFarlane Post 14 next week.
American Legion National Commander Marty Conatser will be at the local post Feb. 28, says its commander, Dennis Engdahl.
“He is scheduled to arrive at 10:30 a.m. and depart for Alexandria at 1:30 p.m.,” Engdahl said. “We will hold a luncheon and he will speak to the veterans in the audience. This will be open to all Legionnaires in the area, but seating will be limited to about 300.”
Engdahl said he has invited Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover, whose late father was an American Legion post commander, and Bossier City Mayor Lorenz Walker to officially welcome Conatser to Shreveport.
Conatser, of Champaign, Ill., was elected in August to head the 2.7 million-member organization. He has served as district, division and department membership director and commander.
Conatser, a Vietname War-era veteran who trained for Army service at Fort Polk, was a 25-year member of the Lincoln American Legion Post No. 102 in DeLand, Ill. where he served as post commander and adjutant.
He is a past member of numerous civic and veterans-related clubs, including ANAVICUS, Masonic Lodge No. 812, AMVETS Post No. 4, Egyptian Past Commanders Club and the Dads Association of the University of Illinois.
The American Legion, headquartered in Indianapolis, was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, wartime veterans organization. There now are about 15,000 American Legion Posts worldwide, covering 55 departments in the United States, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, France, Mexico and the Philippines.
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By John Andrew Prime
The national commander of the American Legion will visit Shreveport’s Lowe-McFarlane Post 14 next week.
American Legion National Commander Marty Conatser will be at the local post Feb. 28, says its commander, Dennis Engdahl.
“He is scheduled to arrive at 10:30 a.m. and depart for Alexandria at 1:30 p.m.,” Engdahl said. “We will hold a luncheon and he will speak to the veterans in the audience. This will be open to all Legionnaires in the area, but seating will be limited to about 300.”
Engdahl said he has invited Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover, whose late father was an American Legion post commander, and Bossier City Mayor Lorenz Walker to officially welcome Conatser to Shreveport.
Conatser, of Champaign, Ill., was elected in August to head the 2.7 million-member organization. He has served as district, division and department membership director and commander.
Conatser, a Vietname War-era veteran who trained for Army service at Fort Polk, was a 25-year member of the Lincoln American Legion Post No. 102 in DeLand, Ill. where he served as post commander and adjutant.
He is a past member of numerous civic and veterans-related clubs, including ANAVICUS, Masonic Lodge No. 812, AMVETS Post No. 4, Egyptian Past Commanders Club and the Dads Association of the University of Illinois.
The American Legion, headquartered in Indianapolis, was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, wartime veterans organization. There now are about 15,000 American Legion Posts worldwide, covering 55 departments in the United States, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, France, Mexico and the Philippines.
