Pittsfield, Maine Burns W. Knowlton Post 32 American Legion

Pittsfield, Maine Burns W. Knowlton Post 32 American Legion Linking veterans to resources. Bringing community together. Supporting other organizations within our local community So keeping people informed is a key element.

This page is a link between our Post and the community. We want to express our gratitude, show our support and inform people of our Post. Our resources go as far as the people who support them. Our intent is to serve our veterans within our community and our local organizations with similar missions. Thank you for your continued support.

05/25/2026

The parade this morning is still on! If you are in the parade, we are meeting at the Puritan parking lot on Main St. at 10:00 am. The parade starts at 11:00am. We will not be doing the flag retirement ceremony or food after the parade at Manson Park. However, there will be food after the parade at the Elks free for Veterans and a minimal cost to the public. Come join us as we remember those who gave all so that we have the privilege to march in the rain!

Post 32 American Legion is now selling raffle tickets for a $500 gift card to Danforth's Down Home Supermarket/Hannaford...
05/22/2026

Post 32 American Legion is now selling raffle tickets for a $500 gift card to Danforth's Down Home Supermarket/Hannafords. They are $10 each and there are only 200 tickets. You can get them from a local member of Post 32 American Legion or we will have a table setup at Manson Park after the Memorial Day Parade, around 12:30 pm, this Monday down back near the tennis courts where the food truck and flag retirement ceremony will be going on. The drawing will be during our monthly meeting on June 18, 2026.

If you are a Veteran, whether you are from another town or not, please feel free to join us! If you are a business that ...
05/22/2026

If you are a Veteran, whether you are from another town or not, please feel free to join us! If you are a business that would like to participate in the parade, please reach out to us. Message us if you have any questions.

Memorial Day is on Monday, May 25th. Our parade will start at 11:00 am, leaving from Puritan and continuing on down Main...
05/19/2026

Memorial Day is on Monday, May 25th. Our parade will start at 11:00 am, leaving from Puritan and continuing on down Main and then left on Peltoma Ave. to the Cemetery. There will be food available in Manson park afterwards-VETERANS EAT FREE and a small charge for civilians, courtesy of the Elks club.

If you are planning on being in the parade, we line up at 10:00 am in the large parking lot of Puritan (front side) off from North Main Street by the bridge.

There will be a flag retirement ceremony at Manson Park, near the tennis courts, immediately following the parade at 12:30 pm.

The public is invited to attend as well to learn more about this tradition. Let us know that you are coming by responding you are going in the event on our page.

We are looking forward to seeing the community again this year!

Save the date!
02/13/2026

Save the date!

In support of Danielle Armiger's senior project, please consider joining her Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser. All profits wi...
01/07/2026

In support of Danielle Armiger's senior project, please consider joining her Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser. All profits will go to the VA Hospital in Augusta. A great opportunity to support our Veterans and you won't have to cook! See you all Sunday afternoon!

Pittsfield Post 32 American Legion would like to wish all of you a safe, healthy, and prosperous New Year! We hope to se...
12/31/2025

Pittsfield Post 32 American Legion would like to wish all of you a safe, healthy, and prosperous New Year! We hope to see more of our local Veterans join us at meetings and events throughout the year! Be safe everyone!

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ - The National Guard includes the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard. These two comp...
12/14/2025

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ - The National Guard includes the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard. These two components have a mission to equip, train, and deploy when needed in emergencies for contingencies around the world.

Whether serving in the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, the nature of service involves a concept some call being a โ€œcitizen soldier.โ€ They are also known as a โ€œcitizen airmanโ€ which means that Guard members have joined the military with its responsibilities and privileges. They also maintain a civilian job and a life outside the active duty military world.

National Guard members have been labeled โ€œweekend warriorsโ€ or โ€œpart-timeโ€ soldiers and airmen. The role of the Guard should not be taken for granted in the larger scheme of homeland security, global military operations, or the war on terror.

The end of the first Operation Desert Storm led to a serious reconsideration of how Guard and Reserve forces could be used to augment active duty missions. This brought the reshaping of the work and deployment of these part-time forces.

Being a member of the National Guard means being ready to put civilian careers on hold to train, deploy, and serve. The role that โ€œweekend warriorsโ€ play in the full-time Army and Air Force work done around the world is a crucial part of the War Departmentโ€™s (previously known as the Department of Defense) planning for such operations.

Since the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, more than 650,000 National Guard members have been called on to serve at home and abroad.

The birthday of the National Guard may surprise you. The National Guard official site lists the official date as Dec. 13, 1636.

That is no misprint. The date the Massachusetts colonial legislature authorized a consolidation of the colonyโ€™s militias into three regiments was indeed on Dec. 13, 1636.

This date is used as part of a War Department tradition of using the date on the legislation officially recognizing an active or reserve componentโ€™s existence.

๐‘…๐‘’๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’: ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›.๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐€๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ is an event in December dedicated to remembering the sacrifices veterans have made i...
12/13/2025

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐€๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ is an event in December dedicated to remembering the sacrifices veterans have made in wars since the American Revolution.

WAA, the organization, evolved out of one familyโ€™s efforts to honor veterans. The Worcester family owns a memorial wreath business and has been making wreath donations to Arlington National Cemetery for many years. A photograph featuring some of those wreaths went viral circa 2005.

One of the unintended results of that viral image that featured Worcester donated wreaths covered in snow was that donations began coming in to support the donations of the wreaths.

According to the WAA official site, at first those donations were sent back to the givers โ€œbecause there was no mechanism in place for the family to accept the donations at that time.โ€ Yet the floodgates of donations had been opened and there were thousands of requests to help out.

In 2007, Wreaths Across America had been approved as a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization. Since then they have raised the awareness of veterans and their sacrifices. They also work to assist other groups in fundraising such as Civil Air Patrol, Scouts, 4-H, local VFW chapters and other groups.

2012 marked the year when the one millionth wreath was laid at Arlington National Cemetery. In 2016, the 25th anniversary of the first wreaths donated pre-WAA by the Worcester Family and Worcester Wreath Company.

๐‘…๐‘’๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’: ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›.๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š

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Pittsfield, ME
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(207) 873-3229

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