Christmas
Christmas is celebrated on December 25 and is both a sacred religious holiday and a worldwide cultural and commercial phenomenon. For two millennia, people around the world have been observing it with traditions and practices that are both religious and secular in...
American Legion Post 178 Continues Wreaths Across America Tradition
Despite cold and a persistent wind, thousands of volunteers lined up at DFW National Cemetery to place wreaths on National Wreaths Across America Day. Photo by Ed Reed. American Legion Post 178, for the eighth consecutive year, participated in the 2021 National...
National Wreaths Across America Day
Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day, the mission to Remember the Fallen, Honor those who Serve, and Teach our children the value of Freedom, is conducted by coordinating Remembrance wreath-laying ceremonies at more than 2,100 locations , including the...
Christmas Celebration – Breakfast with Santa
The Military Veterans Peer Network is hosting an annual Christmas Celebration, Breakfast with Santa. FREE for service members, veterans, and MVPN volunteers. Saturday, December 18, 2021 9 A.M. – 11 A.M. CST Cross Timbers Church 1119 U. S. 377 Argyle, TX 76226 Dress up...
National Guard Birthday
Dec. 13 is the birthday of the National Guard. On this date in 1636, the first militia regiments in North America organized in Massachusetts. Based upon an order of the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s General Court, the colony’s militia was organized into three permanent...
Post 178 Names Speech Contest Winners
(L-R) Delbert Parsons-Post 178 Commander, Terry Gilbert-Vice Commander Programs, and participants Anaira Upadhyay, Emma Ko, Mishaal Qureshim, Pranav Kalkunte, and Jedaiah Ward. Four high school students from the Frisco area were named winners and received $250 college...
National Wreaths Across America Day
Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day, the mission to Remember, Honor and Teach is conducted by coordinating remembrance wreath-laying ceremonies at more than 2,100 locations in all 50 U.S. states, at sea and abroad. The American Legion Post 178 will...
Bonham Veterans Home’s Angels
Bonham Veterans Home Donations Chair John Allen and Caren Cohen, Quilting Angels member, hold two unique fidget quilts. Residents at Bonham Veterans Home are incredibly grateful for a group of sixty Quilting Angels from Frisco Lakes. These Angels donate quilts and...
American Legion Post 178 Delivers Christmas Cheer to Texas State Veterans Home
Post 178 veterans John Allen, Tim Schmidt, and Marty Martel presented donations and a $2000 check to Amanda Gilbreath, Veterans Land Board Onsite Representative. Since its charter in 2014, Post 178 veterans have gathered and delivered Christmas cheer to the one...