Log in

American Legion Post 58 hosts Legacy Riders

Posted 9/14/21

Fountain Hills Post 58 sponsored the American Legion Riders who participated in the American Legion Legacy Run.

According to their website, American Legion Riders chapters are well-known for their …

You must be a member to read this story.

Join our family of readers for as little as $5 per month and support local, unbiased journalism.


Already have an account? Log in to continue.

Current print subscribers can create a free account by clicking here

Otherwise, follow the link below to join.

To Our Valued Readers –

Visitors to our website will be limited to five stories per month unless they opt to subscribe. The five stories do not include our exclusive content written by our journalists.

For $6.99, less than 20 cents a day, digital subscribers will receive unlimited access to YourValley.net, including exclusive content from our newsroom and access to our Daily Independent e-edition.

Our commitment to balanced, fair reporting and local coverage provides insight and perspective not found anywhere else.

Your financial commitment will help to preserve the kind of honest journalism produced by our reporters and editors. We trust you agree that independent journalism is an essential component of our democracy. Please click here to subscribe.

Sincerely,
Charlene Bisson, Publisher, Independent Newsmedia

Please log in to continue

Log in
I am anchor

American Legion Post 58 hosts Legacy Riders

Posted

Fountain Hills Post 58 sponsored the American Legion Riders who participated in the American Legion Legacy Run.

According to their website, American Legion Riders chapters are well-known for their charitable work, which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for local children's hospitals, schools, veterans’ homes and severely wounded servicemembers

At the completion of their trip from Rogers, Ark., to Scottsdale, they rode a distance of some 1,393 miles. The ride started Aug. 22 and ended Aug. 26 at 2 p.m. at the USS Arizona Memorial Gardens near the state capital in Phoenix.

After the ceremony in Phoenix, about 200 riders rode to Post 58 in Fountain Hills to meet with the National Commander, James W. “Bill” Oxford. During the meeting, he presented a plaque to Post 58 Commander John Weedo for the support he and Post 58 provided to the riders.

In addition, Oxford presented French Legion of Honor Medals to Eugene Metcalf and posthumously to Alexander Tait. Weedo then announced that Post 58 would honor Oxford by attaching a plaque with his name, dates of service and title on the Post 58 Honor Wall where the names of other veterans have already been placed on the wall.