Commander's Corner
          
     6/21/2020

                                                             COVID-19 Post Update...

                    Our Yorktown Post has been shut down since Monday, March 9, 2020
    because of the COVID-19 virus pandemic.  Our Post was in the best shape in
    decades with our Sons of The American Legion Squadron preparing for its
    2nd annual St Patrick's Day Corned Beef and Cabbage Fund-raiser Luncheon
    just a week away and our Executive Committee having just approved a
    construction contract for the renovation of our Post lobby.  Our Post Hall had
    just received some long awaited updates - a new 75" flat screen TV was
    installed on the wall in February and in March we installed a Blue-Tooth
    sound system that provides music in the bar and Hall for our events from
    anyone's Iphone or laptop.  We were really moving in the right direction
    with fair skies and a strong wind at our back.  
                 Fast forward 3 months and our building may still be shut down but
    our Post never did.  Memorial Day could have been a dismal date in our Post
    history with the parade cancelled along with most associated events.  Our
    Yorktown Post responded by creating a Virtual Yorktown Memorial Day
    Parade video which we released onto YouTube.  The response was
    immediate and gratifying!  The video showed a tour of Yorktown's
    monuments and memorials honoring their veterans through history.  Some
    life-long residents were never aware of some of the monuments in our town.  
    The Yorktown Town Board showed the video at its online meeting for all to
    see.  The National American Legion sent the story about our video out to its
    subscribers across the country.  With all Scouting units shut down because of
    the virus, our Yorktown Post members came together over two days before
    Memorial Day to install fresh US flags at the graves of almost 940 Yorktown
    veterans.  When our Governor allowed small ceremonies in observance of
    Memorial Day - our Post and SAL members were out in numbers to honor
    those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their country.
                 Today, we are all just sorting through all the information coming out
    about NYS's re-opening plans.  Our Post Hall and bar floors have been
    waxed to a beautiful shine.  We've upgraded our emergency exit signage and
    lighting.  To help keep our customers and staff safe our Post is installing
    'touchless' soap and paper towel dispensers in our bathrooms and cleaning
    and disinfecting everything from doorknobs to chairs.  We are re-inventing
    the way we do everything at our Post in order to reduce contact between our
    staff and customers to allow us to re-open safely for everyone involved.  We
    hope to re-open early in July when the NYS's plan allows, so keep an eye
    open for the date and come down for a visit.            
                If you are a veteran in our Yorktown area and not a member of our
    Post, come down and try us on for size.  New faces bring new ideas and
    quickly become great friends with our merry bunch of Legionnaires!
                                                                                    
                                                                                           John D. Giacomini
                                                                                                          Commander
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