The American Legion
American Legion Post 71
Legion Post #71 — Hot Springs, SD. Service and a meeting hall — Hot Springs.
- Legion Post #71
- Hot Springs, SD
In 1954 a handful of veterans chartered Post 71 — Hot Springs, SD. From that first meeting the post grew into a hall that still marks the year with a memorial service, a community project, and a table full of people who know one another’s stories.
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 regular meeting is the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM. Anyone planning to visit should confirm the night before they come, because a funeral detail or a weather delay can move it. Between meetings the Legionnaires stay in touch the old way: at the hall, and through the officers listed on this sample site — Hot Springs, SD.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Hot Springs, SD. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Post 71 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Hot Springs, SD.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the post awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Hot Springs, SD.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The post leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Hot Springs, SD.
72
Years on the calendar — Hot Springs
Charter story set in 1954
70 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
44
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of American Legion Post 71, 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 — Hot Springs, SD. |
| Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the post — Hot Springs. |
| Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 6:30 PM | Installation of officers | The post installs the new officers for the year and thanks the ones stepping down. Names in this sample are role labels, not the real officers. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
American Legion Post 71. 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 — Hot Springs, SD.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the Memorial Day wreath — Hot Springs
By spring the hall had the Memorial Day wreath underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 71 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 — Hot Springs.
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 — Hot Springs, SD.
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 71 — Hot Springs, SD. 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 — Hot Springs, SD.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Hot Springs, SD. American Legion Post 71. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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