Tim Engstrom
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Membership Director: Who wins box seats at the St. Paul Saints game?
The winners for my St. Paul Saints baseball contest, each winning two tickets to sit with Department Commander Linda Dvorak in a special box suite on May 22, are:
Minneapolis VA Health Care System receives top marks in 2026 CMS report
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis VA Health Care System has received a 5-star rating in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ annual Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating report.
‘Life is short’ says 104-year-old veteran
ALBERT LEA — Freeborn County’s oldest veteran celebrated his 104th birthday the morning of March 12 with a party at Albert Lea American Legion Post 56.
Commander: Wear the National Guard sash anyway
The American Legion in Minnesota gives its full support to Fertile-Beltrami High School senior Beau Durand to wear an Army National Guard sash at graduation.
Veterans Campground is turning 100
MARINE ON ST. CROIX —The Disabled Veterans Campground on Big Marine Lake turns 100 this year, and the camground plans to have a big celebration over Memorial Day Weekend.
Chaplain: Farewell to our favorite Navy captain
Welcome to springtime in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. As the farm fields are planted and the city folk’s gardens are sowed, we can pray for an exceptional weather pattern for corn, soybeans and produce to feed many — and for pheasant growth, my favorite past time in the fall.
Mail Call: State ends bronze veterans markers
In 2024 a long-standing program of the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs was discontinued due to a loss of state funding.
Mail Call: Get Minnesota Legionnaire via email instead
In response to your requesting for donations to keep printing the Minnesota Legionnaire paper, how about sending out a survey on who would like to receive the paper via email to help cut down on shipping costs?
Counselor: Meet Minnesota’s future leaders at Boys State
Enrollment numbers for the 2026 session of Minnesota’s American Legion Boys State are growing!
Mail Call: The editor was right for once
Editor Tim Engstrom, your article in the April Legionnaire is right on.
Mail Call: Politics was an influence
I detect a very severe case of “Trump derangement syndrome.”
Mail Call: Letter (to the editor) of the law was off
No. 1, thank you for your service and your star. Your letter was read with great admiration, and I wish to merely point out a few of my viewpoints.