ARCATA – American Legion Post 274 will hold a lamp lighting ceremony tonight at the Arcata Veterans Memorial Building ,1425 J St. The antique lamp is one of many priceless artifacts uncovered during restoration of the historic hall. Festivities begin at 5 p.m., with dinner served at 6:30 p.m. for a $10 donation. The menu…
Arcata veterans hold 9/11 memorial service on the Plaza in honor of Patriot Day
Mad River Union ARCATA PLAZA – As part of the 9/11 Patriot Day Ceremony, Arcata veterans and civic leaders joined this morning in remembrance of those lost on Sept. 11, 2001. American Legion Post 274 Commander Jeff Sterling lowered the flags on the flagpole to half staff. The American flag is a new one.…
Arcata’s Legionnaires pledge to smash autocracy, announce burlesque show
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – On a warm, sunny Friday evening, only about one-10th of American Legion Post 274’s 111 members turned out for the June 1 monthly meeting at the Arcata Veterans Memorial Building. So most member vets missed out on the grandeur and pageantry of the swearing-in of the post’s…
Plans to move and keep the McKinley statue proceed concurrently
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – The statue of president William McKinley towered once again over the American Legion Post 274/Boy Scout Troop 9 Easter Egg Hunt last Saturday morning, possibly for the last time. But not certainly, despite the City Council’s historic decision to take out the 112-year-old Plaza fixture. Petition to keep…
Growing Arcata Vets Hall hits headwinds
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – The Arcata Veterans Memorial Building and the organizations it houses continue to meet, eat, work, dream, improve and expand the venerable J Street facility. Friday night saw a lively meeting of American Legion Post 274 in the Great Hall, while downstairs in the Whiskey Locker canteen, the…
Legion Post 274 wants family members to join auxiliaries
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – With a unique fusion of crisp military precision and what locals are well familiar with as “Arcata time,” American Legion Post 274’s monthly meeting got underway at the crack of 6:05 p.m. last Friday night. Legion meetings at the Arcata Veterans Memorial Building have taken place the…
Legion, Chamber buzz in the Vets Hall beehive
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Capping a busy week at the Arcata Veterans Memorial Building, American Legion Post 274 held its monthly meeting Friday evening. As the meeting began, there was an empty seat with a patriotic place setting at the hall’s center in honor of the thousands of American soldiers missing…
Student veterans head for Texas, despite state ban
HEADED TO TEXAS The Humboldt State Student Veterans Association (SVA) had raised funds to send nine members to the SVA convention, NatCon2018, in San Antonio, Texas. But the California State University system prohibits use of funds for travel to states that don’t prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ citizens, and Texas (along with Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky,…
Legion Post 274 meets, takes care of business
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA VETS HALL – American Legion Post 274 held its monthly meeting at the Arcata Veterans Memorial Building Friday night. Part business and part ceremony, the meeting further affirmed the fresh infusion of energy into the local Legion post. Post Commander Jeff Sterling reported acquisition of a new van…