Upcoming Events
2024 Turkey Shoot
NOTE - THERE WILL NOT BE A TURKEY THIS YEAR (2024)!
Our Post is saddened to announce this news, but we are not able to convene our shoot this year.
We hope to resume the shoot starting next year.
2024 Veterans Day Service
Monday, November 11th, 2024 at 11am
at the John M. Perry Post 1044 (691 Rt. 340, Sparkill NY)
11am start - Luncheon to follow - Open to the public
We will hold our annual Veterans Day Service at the Perry Post (691 Rt. 340, Sparkill NY).
- Service will recognize the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War 1.
- Service will pay tribute to military veterans from all wars, along with their families, for their sacrifices that continues to preserve the liberty and freedom we have in this great country of ours.
- Service will include the following:
- Remembrance of those Perry Post members that passed away over the past year
- A dignified disposal ceremony for flags being retired from the graves of veterans
- A tribute to our Perry Post World War II and Korean War members still with us
- A recognition of Perry Post legionnaires that have achieved significant Legion membership milestones, and
- Special recognition awards presented to select post and / or community members.
Please come join us for this year's service.
Past Success of Perry Post Drives
Thanks to the generosity of our Perry Post Legion Family and our Rockland County
community, our recent drives have successfully raised a substantial amount of donations.
See the following table for the details:
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THE AMERICAN LEGION
JOHN M. PERRY POST #1044
RT. 340 SPARKILL, NY 10976
1-845-365-4586
~Rockland County, Ninth District, American Legion Department of New York~
Since our charter in 1938, The American Legion John M. Perry Post #1044 of Sparkill NY, has been welcoming VETERANS from all branches of our Armed Forces. Today, we continue to welcome all men and women military personnel and their families serving our country.
Joining our Post enables you to continue serving your God, Country and Community. The John M. Perry Post #1044 mission is to implement the goals, aspirations, dreams, peace and blessings for our country, friends and families embodied in our preamble below.
~PREAMBLE TO THE AMERICAN LEGION CONSTITUTION~
For God and Country, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes:
To maintain law and order;
To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism;
To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the Great Wars;
To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community state and nation;
To combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses;
To make right the master of might;
To promote peace and good will on earth;
To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of Justice, Freedom and Democracy;
To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.