Grassold Schmidlkofer
Grassold Schmidlkofer
Upcoming Events in 2025
May 16 - 18th: National Oratorical Contest - Hillside College, Michigan
May 19th: Flags will be placed at Hillside and St. Mary's cemetery in Chilton starting at 8:30AM
May 19th: Funeral service for Alex Lau will be at Trinity Lutheran Church, Rantoul. at 3PM. Military honors to follow.
May 21th: Funeral service for Kenneth L Biese at Wieting Family Funeral home at 1 PM. Military honors to follow.
May 29th: Calumet County Council meeting at W489 Clifton Road, Sherwood at 7:00PM.
June 5th: Monthly meetings at St. Martins Lutheran Church social begins at 6:30PM meeting at 7:00PM.
June 8 - 14th: Badger Boys state - UW Eau Claire
June 9th: Flags will be removed from St. Mary's and Hillside cemetery starting at 8:30AM.
June 14th: American Legion to post flags at local businesses in honor of Flag Day.
June 14th: Camp American Legion 100-year celebration (see attachment in announcements tab)
June 15th: American Legion to post flags at local businesses in honor of Chilton Fest.
June 15th: Father's Day Parade starting at 11:00AM in Chilton.
June 23 - 27th: WALLECA - Fort McCoy -applications open January 2nd
June 26th: American Legion to post flags at local businesses in honor of Memorial Day. Members of the VFW and American Legion Honor Guard will perform honor firing at Various cemeteries throughout Calumet County starting at 6:45AM. The Memorial Day Parade will begin at Morrisey Park at 9:30AM and ending at Klinker Park. The Memorial Day program will start at 10:00AM.
June 27 - 29th: Cruise for a Cause. (Legion Riders)
July 4th: American Legion to post flags at local businesses in honor of Independence Day.
July 16 - 20th: Department Convention - K1 Convention Center - Green Bay
August 7th: Monthly meetings at St. Martins Lutheran Church social begins at 6:30PM meeting at 7:00PM.
August 10th: American Legion Honor Guard will present colors at the American Legion Baseball All -Star Game.
August 22 - 28th: National Convention - Tampa, Florida
September 1st: American Legion to post flags at local businesses in honor of Labor Day.
September 4th: Monthly meetings at St. Martins Lutheran Church social begins at 6:30PM meeting at 7:00PM.
September 11th: American Legion to post flags at local businesses in honor of Patriot's Day.
September 12th: Bratt fry at Tractor Supply in Chilton starting at 9AM - 3PM or until sold out
October 2nd: Monthly meetings at St. Martins Lutheran Church social begins at 6:30PM meeting at 7:00PM.
October 13th: American Legion to post flags at local businesses in honor of Columbus Day.
November 6th: Monthly meetings at St. Martins Lutheran Church social begins at 6:30PM meeting at 7:00PM.
November 11th: American Legion to post flags at local businesses in honor of Columbus Day.
The American Legion Preamble
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY we associate ourselves together for the following purposes:
To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America;
To maintain law and order;
To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism;
To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in all 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 goodwill 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.