William Brothers Dept. Commander 2025 - 2026

Commander William Brothers November Bulletin Greetings Legionnaires, I hope everyone had a great Halloween and a safe one. We had a great Fall Conference and the “round tables” seem to be a great addition. We have had and a lot of positive feedback from the Conference. Thank you everyone that attended and thank you for all your input on how it went. The National Commander – Dan Wiley visited the State on the same weekend as the Conference. Commander Wiley and his wife had a great time in Vermont. We took them around to a few of our Posts and they definitely appreciated the hospitality they received from all. I want to thank all the Posts for the hospitality and everything you did to make the visit great. Green Mountain Post 01, Jay Peak Post 28, Newport Post 21, Windsor Post 25, Woodstock Post 24, Montpelier Post 03. We showed them some of our great Vermont sights and they were amazed by how many covered bridges we have in Vermont. We did stop and let them take pictures and learn the history of each covered bridge we visited; also took them to the Jay Peak Resort were the were amazingly surprised at the views and the beautiful colors that we did have left for foliage. We had a banquet at Montpelier Post 3 in Montpelier for him and his wife. I thank Post 3 for holding this event and a big Thank You to our office Admin Melodie for cooking and putting this together. Let's all not for get to do our Buddy Checks as the holiday season is upon us and it's is hard on some people this time of year. We need to be more transparent during this time of year and meet the needs of everyone. We also need to work on our renewable Veterans and show National that we do get it done in Vermont we are doing good on membership and just need to keep the momentum going. I want to say good luck to Steve Frost and Bill Charron who are attending Legion College soon. Enjoy the time and bring back what you have learned and experienced. I also want to thank dept. Adjutant Brian Markwell for everything he did while our National Commander was here and everyone else that helped out during his visit. For God and Country, William “Bill” Brothers Commander, Dept. of VT