JANUARY
2 - Post members meeting, 6:00 pm
16 - Social, 6:00 pm. Please RSVP to 2nd Vice Commander by Jan 9th!
FEBRUARY
6 - Post members meeting, 6:00 pm
TUESDAY 18 - JOINT SOCIAL WITH VFW POST 6309, 6:00 pm.Please RSVP to 2nd Vice Commander by Feb 11th!
MARCH
6 - Post members meeting, 6:00 pm
20 - Social, 6:00 pm. Please RSVP to 2nd Vice Commander by Mar 13th!
APRIL
3 - Post members meeting, 6:00 pm
17 - Social, 6:00 pm. Please RSVP to 2nd Vice Commander by Apr 10th!
MAY
1 - Post members meeting, 6:00 pm
15 - Social, 6:00 pm. Please RSVP to 2nd Vice Commander by May 8th!
17 - ARMED FORCES DAY
26 - MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE: 10 AM at Gavilan Hills Memorial Park, 1st St, Gilroy
JUNE
5 - Post members meeting, 6:00 pm
7 - VETERANS RESOURCE FAIR - 9 am to 2 pm!!
10 - Post 217 founded in 1921!
14 - US Army 250th Birthday!
19 - Social, 6:00 pm. Please RSVP to 2nd Vice Commander by Jun 12th!
25 - 29 - DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA CONVENTION (VISALIA, CA)
JULY
3 - Post members meeting, 6:00 pm
4 - INDEPENDENCE DAY
12 - EARLY BIRD MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL - 10 am to 2 pm
17 - Social, 6:00 pm. Please RSVP to 2nd Vice Commander by Jul 10th!
AUGUST
4 - US Coast Guard founded (1790)
7 - Post members meeting, 6:00 pm
21 - Social, 6:00 pm. Please RSVP to 2nd Vice Commander by Aug 14th!
SEPTEMBER
4 - Post members meeting, 6:00 pm
18 - US Air Force Birthday (1947)!
18 - Social, 6:00 pm. Please RSVP to 2nd Vice Commander by Sep 11th!
OCTOBER
2 - Post members meeting, 6:00 pm
13 - US Navy 250th Birthday!
16 - Social, 6:00 pm. Please RSVP to 2nd Vice Commander by Oct 9th!
NOVEMBER
6 - Post members meeting, 6:00 pm
10 - US Marine Corps 250th Birthday!
11- VETERANS DAY (Ceremony at Gilroy Vets Hall)
20 - Social, 6:00 pm. Please RSVP to 2nd Vice Commander by Nov 13th!
DECEMBER
4 - Post members meeting, 6:00 pm
18 - Social, 6:00 pm. Please RSVP to 2nd Vice Commander by Dec 11th!
20 - US Space Force formed (2019)
2025
EVENT / KEY HOLIDAY CALENDAR
Please remember to renew your membership for 2025!. Send check for $50.00 with your member number to:
American Legion Gilroy Post #217
ATTN: Adjutant
74 West 6th St. #D
Gilroy, CA 95020
RENEW BY DECEMBER 31st 2024 TO REMAIN IN GOOD STANDING!
Some of the 2024 Post 217 Gavilan College scholarship recipients with Adjutant Sam Palmisano and First Vice Commander Ted Higashi.