Post 796

Payton to attend Boys State

Published by admin on Tue, 05/01/2018 - 7:36pm

    Wills Payton has been selected to represent Coal City High School and Coal City American Legion Post 796 at the 83rd annual session of Illinois Premier Boys State, June 9 to 15, at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
    American Legion Illinois Premier Boys State is a unique program for outstanding high school juniors that focuses on participation and personal experience in a model state. It is among the most respected and selective educational programs of government instruction.

Memorial Day tribute planned at Veterans Monument

Published by admin on Tue, 05/23/2017 - 7:19pm

On Memorial Day, American Legion Post 796 will join the community in saluting the men and women who served our nation, paying particular note to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.
Memorial Day is a day set aside to pay tribute to the men and women who gave their lives in defense of freedom. In all, 761 Coal City area residents were called to military service from World War 1 to Vietnam. Twenty-four of them did not return home.