Welcome To Polk County NC

For more information, please contact:
Commander, Michael Collins, at (864) 457-3115

Polk County Memorial Post 250
43 Depot Street
Tryon, North Carolina 28782
Phone : (828) 859-6296 during post hours.

The American Legion
POST 250
Tryon, NC

We meets the first Tuesday of each month at the Legion Hall located at 43 Depot Street in Tryon, North Carolina. This is across from the old train station. To find us: at Morris the Horse (wooden) that is in the center of town you will need to cross over the tracks and proceed towards the US Post Office and Bank Of America. The distance from the tracks to the turn off is 500 feet then turn right down to the by the old train station. The Legion is on the Left - a WHITE 2 story building.

History of the American Legion

The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time veterans organization. It is now a community-service organization and includes nearly 3 million members - men and women - in nearly 15,000 American Legion Posts worldwide.

Post 250's Membership

Post 250 has approximately 200 members from Polk County and surrounding areas. All qualified veterans are encouraged to be a part of this prestigious and honorable group. All qualified veterans are urged to join the Post. The benefits are to numerous to mention here but it is well worth it.

What we do in the community

Post 250 activities include helping fellow veterans, working with the youth in our community, providing scholarships and getting involved in many local activities as well as a strong dedication to Americanism.

The American Legion promotes and supports legislative programs for Veterans and their families.

This post provide sponsorship of the Suzuki Violin Training for young people, as well as Writing and Assay Contest, Scholarships for college and a whole lot more.

Both the American Legion and the several local VFW Posts' provide an Honor Guard for those who have passed away that were members of the military. A flag is present to the family at the time of burial and a 21 gun salute is provide followed by taps.

This post provides the flags that are flown on the main street of Tryon, NC.

Bingo Bingo is held on Friday Nights from 7:00 to 9:00 PM Separate smoking section away from the non smokers Canteen is open and hot food is available as well as soft drinks popcorn, candy, crackers, chips etc. Bingo Jackpots Pots start at $20.00 per game. The more that play the higher this jackpot goes. This jackpot has been know to grow to as much as $75.00 Per Game -------------------------------------------------------- End of evening is a big jackpot up to $500.00 This is a cover all game and the rules are that you must cover all numbers. The large jackpot is keyed to a certain number of calls and it will increase by one count each week till it is won. If no winner in the count, then the game continues till there is a winner and the prize is now $100.00 Come join us for an evening of fun and win a big jackpot!.. Post opens at 5:30 Food from about 6:30 on



	Bingo is a Family Fun Game With winners every time!

Flag Day 2006 Proper Disposal of damaged American Flags as per the Flag Book of Etiquette on how to fly and dispose of damaged Flags of the United States Of America. Each Picture is clickable with Captions and larger picture.
	Dignitaries speaking at this ceremony.
		Post the Flag of the United States of America

	Scouts preparing to present the flags to the flames.
			Troop 659 Columbus, NC

This post is now registered with BI-LO for rebates based on your purchases.
The only thing that you need to do is pick up the phone right now and call.
The sooner we are all enrolled the sooner we start receiving rebates.

The steps are show how to do this below:

1. Dial toll free 1-877-426-6783 7 - Yep! that's right! One extra number
2. Then give your Bonus Card Number - all digits - plus your spouse's card number as well.
3. Give the first three letters of your last name
4. Then give the Booster Group Number assigned to Post 250 which is 2232.

That is all there is to it. So do it today!

Commander: D. Michael Collins	Sergeant at Arms: Erwin C. Fletcher
1st Vice Commander: John Johnson	Finance Office: Glenn Burgess
2nd Vice Commander: Anton DeVries	Chaplain: Glenn Burgess
Adjutant: Morton Poliakoff	Historian: Roger Durham
Ladies Auxiliary Unit President -