Legion Members Attend National Commander Banquet

MIDDLETOWN – American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary Members attended  the  Department of Pennsylvania’s Central Section’s National American Legion Commander banquet honoring  2015-2016 National Commander, Dale Barnett(Georgia))  and State Commander E. Michael Stelacio (Philadelphia, PA) at the  Middletown  American  Legion Post #594, on March 22, 2016. Mr. Barnett was elected National Commander of the 2.2 million members of the American Legion on September 3, 2015 in Baltimore, MD, during the 97th National Convention of America’s largest Veterans’ organization. While on his National Commander’s tour of Pennsylvania, he visited with Veterans in the Pennsylvania American Legion “Homes for Homeless Veterans”, Veterans homes, VA hospitals, Fort Indiantown Gap, PA Army National Guards, and spoke with many Veterans and American Legion Family members throughout the state of Pennsylvania.  He thanked them for their dedication to the American Legion programs  and “Duty, Honor and Country”

Local American Legion Family Members attending the Central Section dinner for National Commander Barnett and Pennsylvania Commander  Stelacio, included  from left: Merry Ann Olshefskie,  of American Legion Auxiliary(ALA) Unit # 442 of Renovo and  Carl Olshefskie(Renovo), Central Section Vice Commander of the Department of Pennsylvania American Legion; Wayne Walker(Lock Haven-member of Jersey Shore American Legion Post  #36),16th  District Deputy Commander and 16th District Chaplain and Asst. Sgt@ Arms of the American Legion of the Department of Pennsylvania; Mark Robbins, SAL Detachment of Pennsylvania  Squadron Commander; National Commander Dale Barnett;  Carol Wert Walker(Lock Haven), Centre, Lycoming and Clinton District  President  of the Department of Pennsylvania ALA; Pennsylvania American Legion  Commander E. Michael Stelacio and  Carol Harrison,(Carmichaels, PA) President  of  Pennsylvania American Legion Auxiliary.