Press Releases
Frisco City Council Honors 2021 American Legion Post 178 Boys Statesmen
American Legion Peter J Courcy Post 178 2021 Texas Boys Statesmen Accepting Frisco City Council Proclamation. Photo by Jeanie Beal. The 2021 Post 178 Texas Boy Statesmen were honored at the Frisco City Council meeting on August 17, 2021. Larry Wilhelm, the Program...
20th Year Remembrance of 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
Please save the date to join the City of Frisco and the Frisco Garden Club on September 11 at 6 p.m. for the 20-Year Remembrance of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The ceremony will be at Freedom Meadow in Warren Sports Complex, located at 7599 Eldorado Pkwy. The annual...
American Legion Post 178 Boys State Statesman Attends Boys Nation in Washington D.C.
Thomas Davies, a 2021 Boys Nation Senator, attended the event in Washington, D. C. Thomas Davies, an incoming senior at Wakeland High School, was recently selected, along with eighteen other delegates from Frisco ISD high schools and private schools, by American...
Elects Post Executive Committee Officers
(L-R) Past 1st Division Commander Gene Toohey congratulates the new 2021-22 Post 178 Commander Rick Redden. Photo by Jeanie Beal Post 178 implemented a new organizational structure and elected 12 Post Executive Committee officers at its general membership meeting on...
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...
