The officers and members of the Scituate American Legion
Post 144 welcome you to our WEB page.
We stand ready to encourage patriotism, serve our community,
and to honor veterans.
Join us in paying tribute to a great nation and it's men and
women who served our country.
Whether you served on the battlefield or in support of the battlefield,
whether you served on a quiet ocean or a war torn ocean, it doesn't
matter. All that matters is that you served your country when it was
shedding its blood.
Scituate Lighthouse
Scituate is located 17 miles south
of Boston on the coast.
From the American Legion website article; War Era Debate: A Veteran is a Veteran
A post from by the National Adjutant
"The question needs to be asked: Are the vast majority of people who have served during wartime and not been shot at any less
of a veteran of that war than those who were on the front line?
Are they not entitled to be called and to think of themselves as War Veterans? Is there something curiously less than acceptable about
their service? Should they be not proud that they served?
Do they stand in the shadow of those whom they supported? Are they like the red-haired stepchild? If 90 percent of those who enlist
are going to end up being "less than real veterans," why should they bother?
On the other hand, the hand of God or Uncle Sam can at any moment change one of those guys' statuses, and that guy has no control
over what happened. Nonetheless, when called, he was ready.
He trained just as hard as the next guy, and was just as willing as the next guy to go where sent. These are real questions and they go
right to the heart of honorable military service."
So all of you veterans, who served during the appropriate times as set forth in the American Legion requirements,
please join us.
You are very welcomed!
Post Mail Address
Scituate American Legion Post 144
Post Office Box 577
Scituate, MA. 02066
General Meeting Dates
Meetings at the Knights of Columbus Hall - Route 3A Scituate.
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 27th at 7PM.
AGENDA ITEMS Agenda - General Meeting
1. Call to order
2. Roll Call to determine if Quorum is Present
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Invocation
5. Recitation of American Legion Preamble
6. Reading and Approbation of Minutes of Previous Meeting
7. Introduction of Guests & Prospective New Members
8. Sick-call, Relief, and Employment
Committee Reports:
Finance
Steve Litchfield
Recruitment
Jim Wadley/ Steve Litchfield
Americanism
Ed Covell
Veterans Service
Gary Carlo
WEB Master/Historian
Bob Callahan
Newsletter/Americanism
Ed Covell
Unfinished Business:
Heritage Days
Ed Covell
September Social/BBQ
Ed Covell
New Business:
Guest Speakers ?
Ed Covell
The Good of the American Legion
Ed Covell
9. Benediction
10. Adjournment
Next Executive Committee Meeting
Tuesday - 7:00 P.M. August 10th at the Scituate K of C Hall Rt. 3A.
AGENDA ITEMS
Agenda for Executive Committee Meeting
Recap of the July 4th Event and the Bottle Drive discussion. Also we will discuss the Installation Dinner.
See Other Activities below:
I. Pledge/Prayer/Sick Call All
II. Finance Steve Litchfield
III. Membership Ed Covell
IV. Americanism Ed Covell
V. Service Officer Activity Gary Carlo
VI. Web Master/Historian Bob Callahan
VII. Other Activities -
IIX. Benediction
IX. Adjournment
Post 144 Oratory and Boys/Girls State attendees at the State House
At the Massachusetts State House Top Row L to R: Jim Wadley, Post 144 Vice Commander; Dennis Badore,
Post 144 Sergeant At Arms; State Representative Jim Cantwell, Ed Covell, Post 144 Commander;
Kevin Williams 3rd Place Oratory winner at Post level Sitting L to R: Dhrumil Patel, Boys State Attendee;
Will McDonald Boys State Attendee; Samantha Lawyer, 1st Place Oratory winner at both the Post Level & Zone 4 &
3rd at the Department level; Kelly O'Keefe, girls State attendee.
Scituate High school juniors represent Scituate at the 2010 Massachusetts Boys State and Girls State Program
Left to right: Dhrumil Patel, Maddie Grant, Kelly O'Keefe, and Will McDonald, are
Front Row Left to Right: State Representative James Cantwell, Social Studies Dept Chair Steve Swett, and
Rear Row Left to Right: American Legionnaires Gary Carlo, Dennis Badore, Jim Wadley, Post Commander Ed Covell, English Dept Chair Ryan Lynch, Legionnaire Ron Wheatley, and Scituate Superintendent of Schools Susan E. Martin.
Selectees: (l to r) Dhrumil Patel, Will McDonald, Maddie Grant, and Kelly O'Keefe.
Scituate post 144 sends Scituate High School juniors Adam Crowley and Samantha J. Lawyer
to the Massachusetts Boys and Girls State program.
The selected Scituate High School juniors receive information packets
to the Massachusetts Boys and Girls State programs from Ed Covell, Post Commander,
State Rep. Jim Cantwell, and Jim Wadley, Senior Vice Commander. Boys State & Auxilliary Girls State
Winners of the District 9 & 10 Oratory Contest from Scituate
Left to right: Middleboro Post Cmdr., Bob Burke; Samantha Lawyer; Kevin Williams; Oratory Chairman, Chuck Francis; and Scituate Post Cmdr., Ed Covell
The two contestents went into the Charlestown Navy Yard and competed in the State contest.
Samantha drew a respectable 3rd and won a $700 prize.
Scituate American Legion Post 144
The selected Scituate High School juniors receive information packets
Winners of the District 9 & 10 Oratory Contest from Scituate
