Specific Need
Your donations will help purchase uniform items for our Brown County Honor Guard, Scholarship for Brown County students who have ties to family veterans, Memorial Day flag replacement, support for Girls and Boys State attendees, Post 66 American Legion Baseball.
Mission
Homer White American Legion Post 66 mission is to uphold and defend the constitution of the United States of America. Help promote Americanism through individual obligation to the community, state and nation. Support our local citizenry on our historical past and veteran related issues. Help inform our youth on our American values, patriotism, justice, freedom and democracy.
Profile
Homer White American Legion Post 66 was organized in August 1920 by our local WWI veterans. They named the Post in honor of PVT Homer White a local Hiawatha veteran who lost his life in France during WWI. Homer White Post 66 is a strong veteran’s organization that has been organized for over 100 years.
Our post supports community projects such as; scholarships, Boys and Girls State, American Legion Baseball, Memorial Day Avenue of Flags displaying over 1000 flags at Mount Hope and Hiawatha Cemetery including individual veteran graves.
Upon request, our Brown County Veterans Honor Guard provides military funeral honors for deceased area veterans.
We conduct Memorial and Veteran Day services for our local community.
Our Veterans Service Offer assists veterans seeking help from The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).