William Brothers Dept. Commander 2025 - 2026

Commander William Brothers April Bulletin Greetings Legionnaires, Here we are into April. Hope everyone is doing well and has made it this far with the weather we have been having. The weather has been weird this year, as Mother Nature does not want to give up! But, on the bright side it is going to be getting better and warmer. Let’s not forget, we still have work to do on retention and keep up on our Buddy Checks now that the weather is getting better. Retaining membership is hard this time of year I know, but we as a team need to keep going and ensure that we can reach our target dates. I want to thank everyone for the jobs that they are doing. I had the privilege of going out to Kansas to our National Commanders Homecoming event. It was a great experience and the hospitality that was shown to me from his home Post and from the Kansas Department officers were outstanding. I also met with fellow Veterans and officers from 16 other States that attended. Kansas was nice but too flat for me, nothing like being back in New England. I truly appreciate the mountains and landscape. When driving in Kansas it’s so flat you can see for miles not like here. While I was traveling, I spoke to Brian and Melodie at HQ’s every day to make sure everything was going well while I was out and about and if something needed to be done, she would let me know. I contacted the Southern Area Commander Bill Charron and Sr. Vice Fred Wilson to see if they could do what was needed, so thanks to you both. Thank you to Mark Cloutier as well for helping out and to Melodie for what she does every day. Remember if you have any upcoming events get them to me so I can potentially attend or post them on the Department Facebook page. This is a short message, I will be seeing some of you at the DEC on April 12th. My year is almost done; time moves so quickly. Thank you all again for what you do for the Good of the American Legion. For God and Country, William “Bill” Brothers Commander, Dept. of VT