Public Invited To Euchre Night Saturday At America Legion
Sep 22, 2022 
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Updated: American Legion Post 49 is reviving its tradition of Saturday night euchre.
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21 Years Later, Local Ceremony Remembers 9/11
Sep 12, 2022 Updated:
Updated: The terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, transformed the United States and the world, but a lot has changed since then.
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Zimmer Biomet Hosts Memorial Day Wreath Laying Ceremony Today
May 27, 2021 
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Updated: To honor fallen veterans, the Zimmer Biomet Veterans Resource Group will hold a Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony at its corporate headquarters on Center Street at 11:45 a.m. Thursday, May 27.
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Shrine Club Raises More Than $10,000 In Annual Turkey Shoot
Nov 21, 2019 Updated:
Updated: WARSAW — Over 1,000 shooters participated and more than $10,000 was raised during the annual two-day Shrine Turkey Shoot. Family entertainment was had by all at the event, including parents, children and grandchildren. During the event, Curtis Drake won a .410 youth shotgun and Darrell Moore won a … Read More
Poppy Program Blooming During Month Of May
May 07, 2019 Updated:
Updated: WARSAW — After World War I, the poppy flourished in Europe. Scientists attributed the growth to soils in France and Belgium becoming enriched with lime from the rubble left by the war. From the dirt and mud grew a beautiful red poppy. The red poppy came to symbolize the … Read More
Annual Veterans Day Event Held At Center Lake Pavilion
Nov 11, 2018 
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Updated: WARSAW — VFW Post 1126 and American Legion Post 49 hosted the annual Veterans Day event at Center Lake Pavilion Sunday, Nov. 11. “Today the bell at the Kosciusko County courthouse will be rung at 11 a.m. in joining in the event of tolling bells across the country called … Read More
Warsaw American Legion Post 49: Still Strong At 99 Years
Nov 09, 2018 
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Updated: WARSAW — The American Legion started its centennial year in August 2018. Post 49 of Warsaw is not far behind. Next year the post will celebrate both the national organization’s and its own 100th birthday. Post 49 was established in 1919 and has made its home since 1950 in … Read More
Tolling Of The Bells To Take Place In Observance Of Veterans Day
Nov 07, 2018 Updated:
Updated: WARSAW — The bell at the Kosciusko County Courthouse will toll at 11 a.m. on Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. 11. The event will join a tolling of bells across the country called, “Bells of Peace: A World War I Remembrance.” The National tolling of bells honors those who served … Read More
Mentone Honors Fallen With Sunday Afternoon Ceremony
May 27, 2018 
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Updated: MENTONE — Sunny skies and stifling, warm temperatures provided the backdrop at the Mentone Cemetery Sunday afternoon for the town’s ceremony honoring the country’s war dead. Following an introduction by Town Council Member Tim Croy, the invocation by Pastor Jason Rice and music by both the Tippecanoe … Read More
McHatton-Sadler Donates Collectible Ruger 10/22 To Warsaw American Legion
Apr 22, 2018 Updated:
Updated: WARSAW — McHatton Sadler Funeral Chapel, 2290 Provident Court, Warsaw, donated an Indiana Bicentennial collectible Ruger 10/22 rifle to the Warsaw American Legion Post 49 for their upcoming auction. A public auction to benefit area veterans and families will be held from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at the … Read More
Warsaw Legion Looking For New Digs
Mar 06, 2018 Updated:
Updated: WARSAW — Warsaw’s American Legion Post, which is as old as the military-oriented fraternal organization itself, has announced it will leave its home of nearly seven decades to serve its current membership and to prepare for future growth as a community resource. Leadership of the John C. Peterson Post … Read More
Dale H. Stiffler
Jan 01, 2018 
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Updated: Dale H. Stiffler, 90, Mentone, passed away at 10:25 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29, at Millers Merry Manor of Warsaw. He was born on Aug. 14, 1927, in Elkhart to Hobart and Lura (Williamson) Stiffler. He married on March 20, 1955, in Millersburg at the Fish Lake Lutheran Church … Read More
Mentone Honors Veterans
May 29, 2016 
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Updated: MENTONE — The winds were high, but that didn’t discourage the veterans, at the Mentone Cemetery, May 29. Nor the people discouraged who came to honor them and those that had fallen while fighting valiantly for this nation’s freedom. After an introduction by Ron Barker and an invocation … Read More
Mentone Memorial Day Ceremony Honors Veterans
May 26, 2015 
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Updated: The Honor Guard from American Legion Post 49 and the Burket Boy Scout Troop 782 honored those of the past and present who defend our freedoms.
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American Legion Dedicates Crimson Maple In Central Park
Apr 22, 2015 
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Updated: A tradition was started today at Central Park in Warsaw. In honor of Earth Day, American Legion Post 49 donated a Crimson Maple tree to the park in honor of the veterans who have served so that Americans have the freedom to celebrate Arbor Day. “There’s nothing but … Read More
Veterans Day Ceremony At Center Lake Pavilion, Warsaw
Nov 11, 2014 Updated:
Updated: Warsaw American Legion Post 49 hosted a Veterans Day assembly this afternoon. Veterans and civilians alike came out to pay their respect and honor those who have served our country and protected our freedoms. The assembly opened with an Armed Forces medley performed by the Warsaw Community High … Read More