Press Releases
Color Guard Motto “Have Flags Will Travel”
Post 178 Color Guard events during May 2021. Photo #1 – Texas Gold Star Families Memorial Dedication Photo #2 – Memorial Day Program at Sunrise Senior Living Photo #3 – 31st Annual Lone Star Corvette Classic at Texas Motor Speedway Photo #4 – Armed Forces Day...
American Legion Post 178 Color Guard Presents Nation’s Colors at the Lone Star Corvette Classic
Color Guard Members L-R Terry Gilbert, Fred Rogers, John Ricca, Larry Marshall, Thor Anderson, Theodore Ruybal, and Larry Wilhelm Photographer-Jeanie Beal On Saturday, May 22 the American Legion Post 178 Color Guard presented the Nation’s Colors at the 31st Annual...
American Legion Post 178 Wins National Media Contest
The American Legion Peter J Courcy Post 178 website (friscolegion.org) was recently selected a 2021 winner in The American Legion Media Alliance (TALMA) national media contest. TALMA is comprised of current members of all branches of the American Legion Family. Four...
American Legion Peter J Courcy Post 178 Proclaimed A Purple Heart Post
(R-L) Commander Fred Rogers accepts a sign indicating that Peter J Courcy Post 178 is a MOPH Post from Department of Texas State Commander Gus Wittschack and Centex Commander Post 1876 Tracey L. Brown Greene. Photograph by Jeanie Beal. American Legion Post 178...
American Legion Post 178 Presents Awards at Lake Highlands JROTC Award Ceremony
The Lake Highlands High School Wildcat Battalion Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) held their 1st Annual Pass in Review and Award Ceremony on May 14, 2021. Lieutenant Colonel (RET) Robert Gerald, Senior Army Instructor, and Master Sergeant (RET) Calvin...
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 178 To Distribute Poppies on National Poppy Day
After World War I, the poppy flourished in Europe. Its growth was attributed to soils in France and Belgium becoming enriched with lime from the rubble left by World War I. The red poppy came to symbolize the blood shed during battles following the publication of...
American Legion Post 178 Presents Colors at Texas Motor Speedway INDYCAR Race
The American Legion Post 178 Color Guard presented the nation’s colors on Saturday, May 1, 2021 at the GENSEYS 300 NTT INDY CAR SERIES at Texas Motor Speedway. The evening open wheel racing event was wheel-to-wheel racing at speeds over 200 mph. The American Legion is...
American Legion Post 178 Selects 2021 Texas Boys State Delegates
Texas Boy State delegate interviews were recently completed over a three-week period by an eight-member veteran committee. Larry Wilhelm, the Program Committee Chairman, said, “We had a very strong group of twenty-nine candidates from Frisco ISD and private high...
Texas State Veterans Home Enjoys Holiday Cheer from American Legion Post 178
Every year since its charter in 2014, Post 178 has gathered and delivered Christmas gifts to the veterans at the Clyde W. Cosper Veteran’s Home in Bonham, Texas (53 miles northeast of Frisco). As in past years, The Legion and Auxiliary provided gifts, cookies, and...
American Legion Post 178 Awards Honorary Lifetime Membership
Post 178 recently awarded an Honorary Life Membership to Frisco resident Mr. Burnett L. Sutter, an US Army World War II veteran. Mr. Sutter was a soldier in the ”Tough Hombres”, 90th Division, 358 Regiment, M Company that landed at Utah Beach, Normandy, France, in...