The American Legion
American Legion Post 811 Brandywine
Legion Post #811 — Garnet Valley, PA. American Legion Post 811, meeting — Garnet Valley, PA.
- Legion Post #811
- Garnet Valley, PA
American Legion Post 811 Brandywine. Its post has met since 1944 — Garnet Valley, PA. The charter came in the years after the World Wars, 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 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 — Garnet Valley, PA.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Garnet Valley, PA. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Holiday drive
Scholarship evening
Community table
82
Years on the calendar — Garnet Valley
170 hours
Given to local projects
22
Neighbors helped
Calendar
Upcoming
| Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of American Legion Post 811 Brandywine, 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 — Garnet Valley, PA. |
| Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The Legionnaires spend a Saturday on the small repairs the post has been putting off. |
| Fri, Jun 19, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Post 811. |
News
News
- Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
American Legion Post 811 Brandywine. 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 — Garnet Valley, PA. - Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Garnet Valley
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 811 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 — Garnet Valley. - 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 — Garnet Valley, PA.
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 811 — Garnet Valley, PA. 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 — Garnet Valley, PA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Garnet Valley, PA. American Legion Post 811 Brandywine. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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