The American Legion
American Legion Post 70
Legion Post #70 — Arcadia, LA. Service and a meeting hall — Arcadia.
- Legion Post #70
- Arcadia, LA
American Legion Post 70. Its post has met since 1947 — Arcadia, LA. The charter came in the years after the Second World War and Korea, and the Legionnaires who stayed treated the monthly meeting as a standing promise: show up, look after one another, and leave the town a little better.
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.
The meeting line says the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM, which is the rhythm the directory lists. Come for the business, stay for the people. The portraits and the posts here are sample material, standing in until the post writes its own — Arcadia, LA.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Arcadia, LA. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Holiday drive
Scholarship evening
Community table
79
Years on the calendar — Arcadia
120 hours
Given to local projects
43
Neighbors helped
Calendar
Upcoming
| Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of American Legion Post 70, written here as the third Wednesday at 6:30 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 — Arcadia, LA. |
| Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the post — Arcadia. |
| Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Post 70. |
News
News
- Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
American Legion Post 70. 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 winter gift drive on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Arcadia, LA. - Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Arcadia
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 70 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 — Arcadia. - 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 third Wednesday at 6:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the post might tell that year — Arcadia, LA.
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 70 — Arcadia, LA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Arcadia, LA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Arcadia, LA. American Legion Post 70. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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