Post Meeting

The American Legion

AMERICAN LEGION BEDFORD BOARD CANADY POST 54

231 West Depot St., Bedford, Virginia

540-875-9014

September 22, 2026

POST MEETING

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Through December 31, 2026

September 19Bedford Centerfest Post information booth  Bedford Town Center 9:00 am-3:00p

September 22     Post Monthly Meeting                                    Post Hall                                 7:00 pm

October 11       District 10 Fall Conference                            Bedford Moose Lodge 1897   2:00 pm

October 28      Post Monthly Meeting                                    Post Hall                                 7:00 pm

November 6     Veterans Supper                Bedford Elks Lodge               6;00 pm

Veterans Breakfast and                                   Bedford Moose Lodge            8:00 am

Raffle drawing (10:00 am)

November 24      Post Monthly Meeting                                    Post Hall                                 7:00 pm

December 5     Annual Bedford Christmas Parade                 Post Hall                                 9:30 am

Post meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month in the hall at 7:00 p.m.

AGENDA:

• Membership We met and exceeded our2025-2026 goal at 103%.Good job! Now we are doing very well with the 2026-2027 renewals. Let’s keep it going and bring in new members!
• Please welcome Veterans Administration Certified Service Officer Lynn Hawkins to present an update on veteran benefits and claims processing procedures. Service Officer Hawkins is based at the Lynchburg American Legion Post 16 and is our Service Officer of record. Her 20+ years of experience has been extremely helpful to many veterans, including a number of our own.
• Bedford Centerfest is Saturday, September 19. We are staffing an information booth at town center. Volunteers are needed for two (2) hour shifts starting at 9:00 am until 3:00 pm. Please call 540.875.9014 if you can help. In addition, we are selling raffle tickets as a Veterans Benefit Fundraiser jointly conducted by our post and the Bedford VFW Post 2157.

The prizes include :

• Winchester Super X pump 12 ga.
• Savage Axis Bolt .270
• Ruger American Ranch bolt 6.5 Grendel

Raffle prize drawing will be held on November 7 at 1000 at the Bedford Moose Lodge Veterans Breakfast.

• Our Ladies Auxiliary is in danger of losing its charter due to lack of membership. This needs to be addressed. A spouse, mother, daughter and granddaughter are eligible.

You can follow post activities, schedules and updates on our post website.

https://www.bedford54.com                        In Google:    bedford54.com

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