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American Legion Post 15 Battle Mountain NV, 143 West 3rd Street, Battle Mountain, NV (2026)

08/10/2026

🇺🇸 Another Great RISE Workshop in the Books!

This past weekend, American Legion Post 15 in Battle Mountain hosted RISE Workshop #3: Food Storage at the Lander County Veterans Hall—and once again, we had a great turnout!

The morning was filled with practical information, hands-on learning, and plenty of knowledge shared among participants about food preservation and long-term storage.

A very special THANK YOU to Woodra Bullock, who provided an excellent demonstration on home canning and shared her experience, tips, and several recipes using home-canned foods. Woodra even sent every participant home with a tub of homemade strawberry freezer jam! 🍓

🎉 Congratulations to our two big giveaway winners:

🪣 Mylar Food Storage Kit — Debbie Warwood
Including three food-grade buckets, Mylar bags, oxygen absorbers, and labels.

🥫 Home Canning Starter Kit — Steve Burkhart
Including a canning pot, jars, rack, funnel, canning utensils and the "Ball Complete Guide to Home Preserving".

Thank you to everyone who attended and helped make another RISE workshop a success!

📻 NEXT UP — RISE Workshop #4: Emergency Communications

📅 September 5
⏰ 9:00 AM – Noon
📍 Lander County Veterans Hall

We’ll explore how to stay informed and communicate when traditional systems may not be available, including:

• Where to get reliable emergency information
• Broadcast and shortwave listening
• HF, VHF & UHF communications
• FRS & GMRS radios
• Amateur “Ham” Radio operation

🇺🇸 VETERANS — POST 15 STILL NEEDS YOU!

American Legion Post 15 is doing great things in Battle Mountain, and we have even bigger plans for our community—but we need more veterans willing to step forward and serve.

If you still believe in Americanism, fostering patriotism in the next generation, maintaining a strong national defense, strengthening our community, and supporting veterans past and present, there is still a place for you to serve.

Your uniform may be hanging in the closet, but your service to your community doesn't have to be over.

Join us.

📞 Contact the Post Commander at 775-340-3388 to learn more about becoming a member of American Legion Post 15.

🇺🇸 FOR GOD AND COUNTRY 🇺🇸

07/31/2026

🇺🇸 AMERICAN LEGION POST 15 – WHERE THE ACTION IS! 🇺🇸

Join us for RISE Workshop #3: Food Storage on Saturday, August 8th, from 9:00 AM to Noon at the Veterans Hall in Battle Mountain.

This month's workshop will feature Woodra Bullock, who will provide a live home canning demonstration, sharing practical techniques and tips for safely preserving food at home. Participants will also learn about food dehydration, long-term storage using Mylar bags and oxygen absorbers, food rotation, and other proven methods to strengthen household preparedness.

🎁 Every participant receives a USB drive loaded with over $500 in preparedness books and resources!

🎉 PLUS... we're giving away TWO great prizes!
🥫 A Home Canning Starter Kit complete with The Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving and canning equipment.
🪣 A Mylar Food Storage Kit to help you begin safely storing bulk foods for long-term use.

Whether you're just getting started or looking to sharpen your food preservation skills, this hands-on workshop offers practical knowledge you can use immediately.

📅 Saturday, August 8
🕘 9:00 AM – Noon
📍 Veterans Hall
143 W. 3rd Street
Battle Mountain, NV

Bring a friend, invite a neighbor, and join us as we continue building a stronger, more resilient community—one skill at a time.

Prepare Today. Protect Tomorrow. Together, We RISE. 🇺🇸

07/13/2026

What does it mean to be a Legionnaire?

For many, military service ended with a DD-214.

For a Legionnaire, the commitment to God, Country, and Community never truly ends.

A Legionnaire understands that the oath to support and defend the Constitution is more than a moment in time—it is a lifelong commitment to preserving the principles that have made America the greatest nation on earth.

We continue to serve by mentoring our youth, honoring those who came before us, standing beside our fellow veterans, strengthening our communities, and ensuring that the values of duty, honor, sacrifice, and patriotism are passed to the next generation.

The American Legion isn't simply another veterans organization. It is a family of men and women who refuse to believe their service is over.

If you're an honorably discharged veteran who still believes in service above self, who loves this country, and who wants to make a difference in your community, we invite you to stand with us.

Do you have what it takes to be a Legionnaire?

If the answer is yes, we'd be honored to welcome you to American Legion Post 15.

Your country still needs you.

📞 Contact Post Commander Sheldon Mudd at 775-340-3388 to learn more or to get your name on the roster.

For God & Country.

07/11/2026

🇺🇸 American Legion Post 15 – Where the Action Is! 🇺🇸

Today was another outstanding day of learning, fellowship, and community service as we hosted RISE Workshop #2: Backyard Gardening at the Battle Mountain Veterans Hall!

We were thrilled to see a great turnout of community members, veterans, and even our own American Legion District 3 Commander join us for a morning focused on practical preparedness and self-reliance.

A special thank you goes to Master Gardener Robin Nelson, a fellow U.S. Air Force Veteran, who shared an incredible wealth of knowledge covering everything from soil composition and weather considerations to seed selection, garden planning, local edible and medicinal plants, companion planting, and so much more. Whether you're planting your very first garden or looking to improve an existing one, there was something valuable for everyone to take home.

Every participant received a USB drive loaded with over $500 worth of preparedness and gardening eBooks, ensuring the learning continues long after the workshop ends.

Congratulations to our raffle winner, who took home a $125 Heirloom Seed Vault—and in an incredible act of generosity, immediately donated it to the Battle Mountain Community Garden! 🌱👏 That simple act perfectly demonstrates what the American Legion is all about: neighbors helping neighbors and building stronger communities together.

The RISE (Readiness & Individual Skills Education) program continues to grow, and we're excited to announce that Workshop #3: Food Storage is coming up on Saturday, August 8th. We'll explore practical methods of preserving food, canning, dehydration, Mylar storage, long-term food rotation, and more. Stay tuned for additional details—we'd love to have you join us!

Thank you to everyone who attended, volunteered, and helped make today's workshop another success.

Prepare Today. Protect Tomorrow. Together, We RISE. 🇺🇸🌱💪

07/04/2026

🇺🇸 FOR GOD & COUNTRY 🇺🇸
250 Years of American Independence
Two and a half centuries ago, ordinary men pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to establish a nation unlike any the world had ever known—a nation founded upon liberty, faith, and the God-given rights of a free people.
Since that historic day, every generation of Americans has answered the call to preserve that precious inheritance.
From the Continental Soldiers at Lexington and Yorktown... to the Union Soldiers who preserved the Republic... from the Doughboys who carried freedom across Europe... to the Greatest Generation that defeated tyranny... and to the men and women serving today around the globe—the torch of liberty has never been allowed to fade.
The freedoms we celebrate this Independence Day were not inherited by chance. They were earned through courage, protected through sacrifice, and preserved by generations of Americans who believed that our nation was worth defending.
As members of the American Legion, we proudly honor every veteran who has stood the watch and every family who has borne the cost of freedom. Their service reminds us that liberty is not self-sustaining—it requires each generation to cherish it, defend it, and pass it on.
On this 250th Anniversary of American Independence, may we remember those who came before us, give thanks for the blessings of this great nation, and recommit ourselves to the ideals that have made America a beacon of hope for 250 years.
May God continue to bless the United States of America.
🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day from Battle Mountain American Legion Post 15.
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07/03/2026

🇺🇸 Serving Veterans. Strengthening Communities. 🇺🇸

Last week, Battle Mountain American Legion Post 15 Commander Sheldon Mudd traveled to Laughlin to represent both the members of Post 15 and the veterans of Lander County at the Department of Nevada American Legion Convention.

Throughout the convention, Legionnaires from across the Silver State discussed issues critical to Nevada's veterans, including pending veteran legislation, service and assistance programs, and initiatives focused on improving the health and well-being of those who have served.

Just prior to the convention, Commander Mudd was also elected District 3 Second Vice Commander, representing American Legion posts throughout Northeastern Nevada. It is an honor that will help ensure the voices of our rural veterans are heard at the state level.

"Many state initiatives seldom make their way to our rural communities; regardless, our local post is committed to assisting veterans while being an asset to the community and role models to our youth." – Sheldon Mudd

🇺🇸 Lander County Veterans — Your country still needs you.

Whether you can actively participate or simply lend your support through membership, your name on the American Legion roster strengthens our voice. When the American Legion advocates in Carson City and Washington, membership matters. There truly is power in numbers.

If you're a veteran in Lander County and have never joined—or it's time to renew—we invite you to stand with us as we continue serving veterans, mentoring youth, promoting patriotism, and strengthening our community.

Still Serving. Still Leading. Still Making a Difference.

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07/02/2026

🌱 RISE Workshop #2 – Backyard Gardening 🌱

Growing food is more than a hobby... it's a life skill.

Join the Battle Mountain American Legion Post 15 for the second installment of our RISE (Readiness & Individual Skills Education) series as we explore one of the most rewarding steps toward self-reliance: Backyard Gardening.

Whether you're planting your very first tomato or looking to improve an established garden, this hands-on workshop will provide practical knowledge you can put to use immediately.

📅 Saturday, July 11
🕘 9:00 AM – Noon
📍 Veterans Hall
143 West 3rd Street
Battle Mountain, NV

🌿 Taught by Master Gardener Robin Nelson

Participants will learn practical techniques for:
🥕 Planning and building a productive garden
🌱 Selecting the right crops for our high-desert climate
💧 Water-wise gardening methods
🍅 Maximizing harvests and improving food security
🥫 Tips for preserving your hard-earned harvest

🎁 Every participant will receive a USB drive loaded with more than $500 worth of preparedness and self-reliance eBooks.

🎟️ Raffle Giveaway!
One lucky attendee will take home a Survival Heirloom Seed Vault containing 125 varieties of non-hybrid, open-pollinated seeds, valued at over $120—a fantastic way to start or expand your own resilient garden.

At RISE, we believe preparedness begins with practical skills. Every new skill learned strengthens not only your family, but our entire community.

Bring a friend, ask questions, and leave with the confidence to grow something that truly matters.

Prepare Today. Protect Tomorrow. Together, We RISE. 🇺🇸🌱

06/17/2026

🇺🇸 ATTENTION LANDER COUNTY VETERANS 🇺🇸

Your membership matters.

Even if work, family, or other commitments prevent you from actively participating, maintaining your membership in the American Legion strengthens our collective voice.

When the American Legion speaks in Washington, D.C., lawmakers pay attention to one thing above all else: membership. Every member represents another Veteran whose interests, benefits, and concerns deserve to be heard.

The stronger our membership is here in Lander County, the stronger our influence becomes at the state and national levels. Whether it's advocating for veterans' healthcare, benefits, national security, or support for our military families, numbers matter.

You may not always be able to attend meetings or events—and that's okay. Your membership alone helps ensure that Veterans continue to have a powerful seat at the table.

If your membership has lapsed, we encourage you to renew today. If you're eligible but haven't joined, now is the time.

Strong Post. Strong Community. Strong Voice.

For questions regarding membership contact our Post Commander at 775-340-3388

🇺🇸 Veterans Strengthening America Since 1919 🇺🇸

06/14/2026

🇺🇸 Happy 251st Birthday to the United States Army! 🇺🇸

From the frozen encampment at Valley Forge to the heights of San Juan Hill, from the forests of Bastogne to the streets of Mosul, the Soldiers of the United States Army have answered our Nation’s call since Day One.

For more than two and a half centuries, generations of American Soldiers have stood watch over liberty, defended our Constitution, and carried the cause of freedom to every corner of the globe. Their courage, sacrifice, and unwavering commitment have shaped the course of history and secured the blessings of freedom for countless millions.

Today, we honor not only the Army itself, but every Soldier who has worn the uniform—past and present.

🪖 250+ years of service.
⭐ 250+ years of sacrifice.
🇺🇸 250+ years of defending freedom.

Happy Birthday to the United States Army and to all who have proudly served within its ranks.

This We'll Defend. 🇺🇸🦅

#1775 🇺🇸🪖⭐

06/14/2026

🇺🇸 Happy Flag Day from American Legion Post 15! 🇺🇸

Today, we pay tribute to the most beautiful banner ever to fly over a free people—the Flag of the United States of America. Through war and peace, triumph and hardship, Old Glory has stood as a symbol of liberty, sacrifice, unity, and hope.

Each star represents our states. Each stripe reminds us of our nation's founding. And every fold carries the legacy of the brave men and women who have defended the freedoms it represents.

✨ May she continue to wave proudly over the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave for generations to come.

Take a moment today to look skyward, reflect on what our flag represents, and remember those who have served beneath her colors.

🇺🇸 God Bless Our Flag.
🇺🇸 God Bless Our Veterans.
🇺🇸 God Bless the United States of America.

Veterans of Lander County - We Need You - Join the Legion Today!!

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