Homer White Post 66 American Legion

Specific Need

Our 2026 goals are to continue sponsoring our scholarship programs, purchase of community flags and uniforms for the Brown County Veterans Honor Guard, support community projects such as: American Legion Baseball, Girls and Boys State, Scouting America and other youth programs associated with the American Legion.

Your 2025 donations provided a total of 15 Homer White and Brown County Veterans Honor Guard scholarships to area Hiawatha, Horton and Doniphan West graduates, installed new ceiling fans, upgraded our bathroom supporting the Senior Citizens Center who meet twice weekly in the Legion Hall, uniform purchases for the Brown County Veterans Honor Guard, flags for Veterans Day events and helped send one individual to Boys State. Your donations also help with maintaining the Legion Post Hall upkeep.

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 approximately 1000 flags at Mount Hope and Hiawatha Cemetery identifying 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 Officer assists veterans seeking help from The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).