American Legion Bennington Unit 13 Auxiliary

American Legion Bennington Unit 13 Auxiliary American Legion Bennington Unit 13 Auxiliary

❤️🇺🇸 Today, our Legion Family came together to show our love, support, and remembrance in memory of our ALA sister, Amer...
08/31/2026

❤️🇺🇸 Today, our Legion Family came together to show our love, support, and remembrance in memory of our ALA sister, American Legion Post 13 Rider, Amy Coulter.

Thank you Chef Paul Yerke and Post 13 Riders for preparing another delicious meal and helping make today so special.

Thank you to everyone who donated to our Auxiliary Basket Table and to all who came out to support this fundraiser.

Thank you Unit 13, we made a difference today!

Everyone loves a parade! 🥁🇺🇸❤️Look at our wonderful Auxiliary members proudly wearing their new red Auxiliary shirts, al...
08/18/2026

Everyone loves a parade! 🥁🇺🇸❤️

Look at our wonderful Auxiliary members proudly wearing their new red Auxiliary shirts, along with our beautiful “Poppy Queen” representing American Legion Auxiliary Unit 13! 🌺👑 Celebrating “Bennington Battle Day”

We love showing our Auxiliary spirit and supporting our veterans and our community wherever we go. What a great day to be together! 🇺🇸

08/13/2026

🎉🇺🇸 CONGRATULATIONS, UNIT 13!!! 🇺🇸🎉

We are incredibly proud to announce that Unit 13 is a ALA National Eastern Division Award winner — representing Vermont and competing against units from across the entire United States! 🏆🇺🇸

A huge THANK YOU to our Legislative Chair, Denise Dee Colety, for your dedication, commitment, and countless hours of hard work. Your passion for legislation and your determination to keep Unit 13 informed and involved helped make this incredible achievement possible.

Denise, this award is a reflection of your dedication and the outstanding work of our entire Unit 13 membership. We are so proud to bring this national recognition home to Vermont!

📚 Give 20 to Education — Donations Are Underway! 🎒✏️Our Give 20 to Education collection is officially in progress! We wi...
08/12/2026

📚 Give 20 to Education — Donations Are Underway! 🎒✏️

Our Give 20 to Education collection is officially in progress! We will be accepting and collecting donations through September 14th.

Starting Friday, August 14th, our donation box will be located at American Legion Post 13.

Unit 13 truly appreciates your generosity and support. Your donations will help provide much-needed school supplies and support to students right here in our community. ❤️🇺🇸

Every donation, big or small, makes a difference! Thank you for helping our local students start the school year ready to learn and succeed! 🍎📚

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 13 🇺🇸

08/11/2026

BENNINGTON — On Friday, August 7, about forty members of the Bennington community were on hand at the Vermont Veterans’ Home (VVH) to witness Army Sergeant Richard Dziadul, Marine Corporal

August 8, 2026 ~ Purple Heart DaThe Vermont Veterans' Home 🇺🇸💜Thank you to the Vermont Veterans’ Home for inviting Ameri...
08/09/2026

August 8, 2026 ~ Purple Heart DaThe Vermont Veterans' Home 🇺🇸💜

Thank you to the Vermont Veterans’ Home for inviting American Legion Auxiliary Unit 13 to share in this very special Purple Heart Ceremony, remembering all the heroes who paid the ultimate sacrifice and honoring those Purple Heart recipients who were with us today.

We were especially honored to present five Quilts of Valor, three made by our unit, two donated, to living veterans who have been touched by war.

The Quilts of Valor Foundation began in 2003 with a dream—literally. Founder Catherine Roberts’ son, Nat, was deployed in Iraq. Catherine dreamed of a young man sitting on the side of his bed, overwhelmed by despair as his “war demons” surrounded him. In the next scene, she saw him wrapped in a quilt. His entire demeanor changed from despair to hope and well-being.
The message of her dream was simple: Quilts = Healing.

The Quilts of Valor mission is “to cover Service Members and living Veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor.”

Donations made in loving memory of our ALA Unit 13 sister, Sandra Hamilton, made these three beautiful Quilts of Valor possible. Our Unit 13 members worked hard on this special project—cutting, counting, creating the Quilt of Valor 2026 square, and putting the quilts together.

A very special thank-you to Lori Girkstas for her quilt donation for two Purple Heart veterans at the Vermont Veterans’ Home, and to Marsha Latterell Morse and TheScarlett Creations for their generous quilting donation. Your kindness helped make this day possible. ❤️

Representative Mary Morrissey presented each recipient with a proclamation signed by Governor Phil Scott, recognizing August 8, 2026, as Purple Heart Day in Vermont.
We were honored to recognize: Army Sergeant Richard Dziadul, Marine Corporal Gary Martin, Marine Corporal Phil Young, Navy Seaman Bryan Craft, An Army recipient who wishes to remain anonymous and The Vermont Veterans’ Home

What an exciting and meaningful day for our Unit. To every Purple Heart recipient, thank you for your courage, your sacrifice, and your service to our country. We are forever grateful. 🇺🇸

God Bless our Veterans. God Bless America. 💜🇺🇸

📚🎒 Bennington Night Out – Backpack Giveaway 🎒📚On August 4, more than 350 backpacks in nine different colors were filled ...
08/07/2026

📚🎒 Bennington Night Out – Backpack Giveaway 🎒📚

On August 4, more than 350 backpacks in nine different colors were filled and ready to be given away during Bennington Night Out.

The smiles on the children’s faces said it all! Families enjoyed free haircuts, hair braiding, lawn games, a gift table, popcorn, cotton candy, hot dogs, and ice cream. The Bennington Fire Department delighted everyone with a refreshing spray from the fire truck, Unit 13’a Patriotic gifts along with fun stickers applied by Mary Morrissey, and the bouncy house was filled with laughter and giggles all evening long.

Children also had the chance to win bicycles, and a visit from the Army National Guard added even more excitement to this wonderful community event.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered, donated, and made this special event possible.

It was an honor for us to witness the return of POW/MIA PFC Bernard Sweet to his hometown. We understand that along the...
08/01/2026

It was an honor for us to witness the return of POW/MIA PFC Bernard Sweet to his hometown. We understand that along the route from Bradley Airport to Bennington, his family, the es**rt of police, troopers, sheriffs, fire trucks, ambulances, and riders were met with roads, bridges, and streets full of people paying tribute to PFC Bernard Sweet.
Thank you Denise Colety for organizing the wonderful reception afterward.

🎶 Happy Birthday to our Unit 13 “Poppy Queen” Ruby Coyne 🥳. Ruby smiles when she says say she will work to get poppy don...
07/17/2026

🎶 Happy Birthday to our Unit 13 “Poppy Queen” Ruby Coyne 🥳. Ruby smiles when she says say she will work to get poppy donations as long as she lives. Thank you Ruby for your dedication.🌺 Ruby received a poppy tee shirt, a bracelet and we all enjoyed her birthday cake.

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