The American Legion
Queens County Committee Inc
Legion Post — Rockaway Park, NY. A post since 1958 — Rockaway Park, NY.
- Legion Post
- Rockaway Park, NY
Queens County Committee Inc, the American Legion Post — Rockaway Park, NY. The post dates to 1958, when veterans home from the Second World War and Korea wanted a room of their own and a way to keep serving after the uniform came off.
The work is ordinary and steady. A flag detail at a funeral. A winter drive that fills a corner of the hall with gifts. A scholarship evening where the Legionnaires hand an envelope to a student and then go back to the coffee. None of it is loud. All of it is the point of the charter.
Meetings are the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM, at the hall — Rockaway Park. This page is a sample so neighbors can see the shape of the work. The group itself has not claimed the page, so the stories here are an illustration, written in the voice the post might use.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Rockaway Park, NY. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Post fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Rockaway Park, NY.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the post awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Rockaway Park, NY.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The post leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Rockaway Park, NY.
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Years on the calendar — Rockaway Park
Charter story set in 1958
170 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
20
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Queens County Committee Inc, written here as the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM. Confirm with the group before you travel. |
| Mon, May 25, 2026, 11:00 AM | Memorial Day observance | A half-hour observance, then coffee at the hall. The Legionnaires read the names they have been given — Rockaway Park, NY. |
| Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The Legionnaires spend a Saturday on the small repairs the post has been putting off. |
| Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Post. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Queens County Committee Inc. The year opens the usual way: a short meeting, a full pot of coffee, and a list of local families the post already knows. The Legionnaires voted to keep the Memorial Day wreath on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Rockaway Park, NY.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the Memorial Day wreath — Rockaway Park
By spring the hall had the Memorial Day wreath underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post set a date, split the jobs, and showed up. A few neighbors who are not members came for the afternoon and stayed to ask about the next meeting — Rockaway Park.
Aug 21, 2026
What the notebook says so far
Late summer the post looked back at the notebook. The honor detail had been out more than once, the community table had fed a crowded room, and the officers reminded everyone that the next business meeting is the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the post might tell that year — Rockaway Park, NY.
Officers
Officers
Commander
First Vice Commander
Adjutant
Finance Officer
Chaplain
Sergeant-at-Arms
Membership
Become a member
Eligible veterans and their families are welcome at a meeting of Post — Rockaway Park, NY. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Rockaway Park, NY.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Rockaway Park, NY. Queens County Committee Inc. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
Contact this group
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