(1) Counties of: Albany, Columbia, Green, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster;
(2) Also includes Canada;
(3) Includes all US States, territories and several other nations;
(4) Includes the states in the Eastern U.S. and France. There are four other regions.
ABOUT OUR CAPS
S.A.L. Caps are designed so it can be easily
seen what level the member is representing, and where he is from.
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Color: French Blue
Lettering: Yellow
Piping: Red, White & Blue |
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Color: French Blue
Lettering: White
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Color: French Blue with White Top
Lettering: Yellow
Piping: Red, White & Blue |
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Color: French Blue with Yellow Top
Lettering: Yellow
Piping: Red, White & Blue |
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Color: Yellow
Lettering: White
Piping: Red, White & Blue |
MEDALLIONS AND PATCHES
Here is a sample of some Sons Insignia,
refer to the Squadron Handbook and
National Emblem Sales for more.
Why We Exist
(Short Answer)
Posted 5/31/01, Last Update 12/29/05
The Sons of The American Legion was created by The American Legion in 1932 to
support Legion Programs. We are one of thousands of local groups called squadrons.
Melvin Roads Squadron was re-chartered in 1977 and has been active since. (There was a squadron in the 60ies also.)
We have had over 100 members for many years. Our function is to support our sponsering post.
Past National S.A.L. Commander from NY, Chris Cerullo has said; "It is our job to see that the Legion never ends up on a library shelf".
What We Do
This section is intended to provide a sample of the Programs and Activities.
Some are general and may be done by many squadrons, others may be unique
to our squadron. While the SONS were created to support Legion programs, we
are also able to pursue our own. For more information, please refer to other pages and sections of our
website as well as those of other SONS organizations.
We have an E-mail group and Web site
March 2001 - Our Website goes On-Line -
We were the 1st Squad in NY State with a Web Site
2003 to 2008 - Most Visited site in the Veterans section on the Times Union
(our former site host)
2008 - Won the New York State American Legion Press Association
Contest for best Legion Website in NY State
We support the veterans by visiting the VA Hospital, running a bingo for the patients and giving canteen books as prizes.
The book can be used to buy items at the hospital canteen.
1st Place Award, Veteran's Recreation
1991-92 State Commander's Project
We make donations to the Fischer House which is a residence where people can stay while visiting a relative who is a patient at the Albany VA Hospital.
1st Place Award, MIA-POW Program
1983-84 State Commander's Project
We also make donations to programs such as Boy Scouts and AT (a disease) research.
We place US Flags on veterans Graves for Memorial Day and march in the Parade.
We participate in Post Activities, such as Officer Installation Dinners and Visitations of State Officers, Memorial Day Services,
retirement of worn-out US Flags and we assist the Legion on bingo night.
To raise funds we run an annual Ham Raffle on the friday before Good Friday. Sometimes we may run a dance or other event.
We sponser a candidate to Boys State, the Legion program in government for high school students.
We assist the post in choosing a recipient for the Past Post Commander Paul Donnally Annual Scholarship.
We send representatives to annual state convention and have had many members elected and appointed to hold state positions.
We also send members to National Convention and had a member hold the office of National Historian.
Our members started both the 3rd District Organization and Rensselaer County Committee.
