Patriot Day 2009
By: Darin Batten In: Public Relations
25 Aug 2009We have a little less than one month and counting to get the word out all across this great land and into every community in the United States of America.
Read the rest »D-Day memorial service Saturday in Bristol
By: Darin Batten In: Public Relations
5 Jun 2009It is good to see local communities still taking the opportunity to teach the subsequent generations of the sacrifices that our Nation’s Veterans have contributed for our freedoms.
Read the rest »The Fight for Knightstown Continues
By: Darin Batten In: Public Relations
3 Jun 2009On Saturday, June 13th at 11:00 AM, there will be another rally to save the ISSCH at the State Capitol.
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IVH Wish List Challenge
By: Darin Batten In: Detachment Programs| District Programs| Public Relations
20 May 2009At the 2009 Spring Conference DEC meeting, Third District Commander Darin Batten issued the challenge on behalf of his District to the other ten District Commanders to meet or exceed the Third’s contribution of $1500.00 towards items listed on the published IVH Wish List. There is still time to raise those funds and show just how much we as a Detachment can really do if we put our minds and hearts together! Good luck and we will see you at Convention!
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Legion Commander Denounces Decision To Close Knightstown Children’s Home
By: Darin Batten In: Public Relations
19 May 2009The Commander of the 125,000-member Indiana American Legion reacted angrily to the announcement today by the Indiana State Health Commissioner that the Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Children’s Home at Knightstown will be closed and converted to the home of the Indiana National Guard’s Hoosier Youth Challenge Academy, a boot-camp style program that serves at risk youth.
Read the rest »State Health Commissioner to Provide Update On Indiana Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Children’s Home
By: Darin Batten In: Public Relations
19 May 2009The Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Children’s Home in Knightstown will have a new and larger mission as the home of the Indiana National Guard’s Hoosier Youth Challenge Academy beginning in 2010. The state will proceed with plans to close the school effective at the end of this academic year and convert it for the National Guard program that serves at-risk youth.
Read the rest »State to shut Knightstown Children’s Home
By: Darin Batten In: Public Relations
19 May 2009The head of the Indiana Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Children’s Home, a state school for troubled or needy youth, said today Gov. Mitch Daniels’ administration will close the school Saturday. State Health Commissioner Judy Monroe was expected to make a formal announcement about the fate of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Children’s Home near Knightstown this afternoon.
Read the rest »The American Legion Defending our Nation’s Veterans
By: Darin Batten In: Public Relations
16 Apr 2009After a particularly blistering report by the Department of Homeland Security which suggested that “[v]eterans were more likely to commit terrorist acts than nonveterans.”, American Legion National Commander David K. Rehbein immediately jumped into action to defend our nation’s veterans, past, present and future.
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