American Legion Fresno Federal Post 509                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This web site is dedicated to all her members and Auxiliary who made her so. We hope you enjoy your visit. Visit our post, we are located at : 3509 N. First St. Fresno, CA Between Shields and Dakota (559) 224-0522 OFFICE HOURS: 8:30AM - 5:00PM -  "MONDAY - FRIDAY" CLUBHOUSE HOURS:  11:00AM - 10:00PM -  "MONDAY THRU SATURDAY"  SUNDAY NOON TO 8PM Please sign our guest book and leave us a comment.                         Officers for the 2009-2010 Year Commander:      Roger Marshall  First Vice Commander       David M. Rogers              Second Vice Commander:         George Houts  Third vice Commander              Jackie Lovato Sgt/At/Arms                                Dan Fisher Finance Officer                          Fran Kilgore                    Three Year Board:                            Roger Marshall Three Year Board:                                                                            The Missing Men Table Ceremony      This beautiful and sentimental ceremony is widely used by Veterans Organizations and during certain military events.  The more this ceremony is seen, the more moved your hearts will be, and the more action by people such as yourselves are taking to resolve the fate of our POW/MIAs.  I encourage you to use this ceremony at your next event. This table is set for one and is a small table.  It symbolizes the frailty of one prisoner ... alone against his aggressors.... The meaning of the different aspects of this picture are as follows: ******************** The table is round -- to show our everlasting concern for our missing men. ******************** The tablecloth is white -- to symbolize the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty. ******************** The red ribbon tied on the vase is a symbol of our continued determination to account for our missing. ******************** We place a slice of lemon on the bread plate to remind us of the bitter fate of those captured and missing in a foreign land. ******************** A pinch of salt symbolizes the tears endured by those missing and their families who seek answers. ******************** Our Bible represents the strength we have gained through faith to sustain those lost from our country, which was founded as "one nation under God." ******************** We invert the glass to symbolize the missing men and women who are unable to share this evening's, morning's or day's toast. ******************** Their chairs are empty.....because they are missing. ******************** Whenever we raise our water glasses at a meal, let us always toast to the honor of America's POW/MIAs, and to the success of our efforts to account for them. We will REMEMBER ... FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS!

U.S. Flag Trivia Betsy Ross was reportedly able to create a 5-pointed star from a single sheet of paper with one cut. The first U.S. flag had 13 stars, representing the 13 original colonies. The second flag had 15 stars. Often states came in groups, so there were no U.S. flags with 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 39, 40, 41, 42, or 47 stars. New U.S. flags can be introduced only on the Fourth of July. No U.S. flag ever becomes obsolete. Each of the 27 flags is still a legal U.S. flag and may be flown at any time. A person who is an expert in the history of flags is called a vexillologist. If you are supposed to fly a flag at half-mast, and your flag isn’t able to be moved up and down a pole, you should place a black ribbon on the flag instead. Gold fringe is allowed on U.S. flags, but should be limited to flags that are being flown indoors. No U.S. flags should be left up after dark unless there is a light on the flag.

 

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