Membership Supper & Meeting held on Tuesday, September 1st
Auxiliary Meetings
Auxiliary meetings are the first Tuesday of the month at 7:00 P.M. at the Anthon Legion Hall.
American Legion Auxiliary - McNiff Unit 389
Preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion Auxiliary:
For God and Country, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes:
To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our associations during the Great Wars; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and goodwill on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity, the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; to participate in and contribute to the accomplishment of the aims and purposes of The American Legion; to consecrate and sanctify our association by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
For God and Country, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes:
To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our associations during the Great Wars; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and goodwill on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity, the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; to participate in and contribute to the accomplishment of the aims and purposes of The American Legion; to consecrate and sanctify our association by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
History of Unit 389:
The Legion Auxiliary was named McNiff Post after the first Anthon boy to give his life in the service of his country in WW I. He died of bronchial pneumonia at 7 P.M. December 15, 1918 in a hospital in Gondrecourt, France. He was buried there in France but later interred and his remains brought to Danbury, Iowa in the community he had grown to manhood, loved, and respected by all who knew him.
McNiff Unit #389 American Legion Auxiliary was organized and its first meeting held in the Legion Hall March 14, 1921. We owe a debt of gratitude for the untiring efforts of its first members. The first President of the Auxiliary was Hazel Ann Schrunk. Her husband, Leo Schrunk, was 1st Post Commander of McNiff Post #389. The charter was signed May 8, 1922.
McNiff Unit #389 American Legion Auxiliary was organized and its first meeting held in the Legion Hall March 14, 1921. We owe a debt of gratitude for the untiring efforts of its first members. The first President of the Auxiliary was Hazel Ann Schrunk. Her husband, Leo Schrunk, was 1st Post Commander of McNiff Post #389. The charter was signed May 8, 1922.
