Gurnee American Legion Post 771

05/26/2026

If you're a veteran and haven't yet signed up, this wonderful event is happening tomorrow!

Please join us for lunch honoring our Veterans and Active Duty Service Members. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

If you are interested in sponsoring, the eventbrite link has the options available. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Our featured speaker is Allen Lynch. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/salute-to-service-luncheon-tickets-1987873738865?aff=oddtdtcreator

05/25/2026

Thank you Warren Funeral Home, Cemetery & Mausoleum for continuing to host this Memorial Day ceremony.

05/25/2026

On this most sacred of days, our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and Gold Star Familes of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation.

Stretching back to the birth of our nation in colonial times 250 years ago, the grief felt by the loved ones of patriots has been immeasurable. The price paid is one we can never repay.

While we enjoy the fruits of freedom today, hold them in your thoughts and prayers, and remember the fallen this Grateful Memorial Day.

05/23/2026

We're here at the Ace Hardware in Gurnee giving out poppies and accepting donations on behalf of the Gurnee American Legion Auxiliary Unit 771.

Members of the Post, the Auxiliary, and Sons of the American Legion are out this weekend at Gurnee Jewel-Osco and Gurnee ACE Hardware collecting.

Stop on by! Your donations are appreciated.

05/23/2026

05/23/2026

We're here at the Jewel-Osco in Gurnee giving out poppies and accepting donations on behalf of the Gurnee American Legion Auxiliary Unit 771 .

Members of the post, the Auxiliary, and Sons of the American Legion are out this weekend at Gurnee Jewel-Osco and Gurnee ACE Hardware collecting.

Stop on by! Your donations are appreciated.

05/23/2026

We're here at the Jewel-Osco in Gurnee giving out poppies and accepting donations on behalf of the Gurnee American Legion Auxiliary Unit 771

Members of the post, the Auxiliary, and Sons of the American Legion are out this weekend at Gurnee Jewel-Osco and Gurnee ACE Hardware collecting.

Stop on by! Your donations are appreciated.

05/22/2026

Today, May 22, 2026 is National Poppy Day.

The poppy flower is a rich, symbolic bloom primarily known for representing remembrance, consolation, and peaceful sleep. Its meaning varies significantly depending on the color, ranging from honoring military sacrifice to representing resurrection and imagination.They are famously worn to honor fallen soldiers, a tradition tied to the World War I poem "In Flanders Fields".

This Memorial Day weekend members of the Gurnee American Legion Post 771 , the Gurnee American Legion Auxiliary Unit 771 , and our Sons of the American Legion (SAL) Squadron 771 will be at the Gurnee Jewel-Osco and ACE Hardware handing out Memorial Poppies.

They will be accepting donations which the Auxiliary uses to benefit veterans, many of whom are long-term care residents at Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center.

Your donation is greatly appreciated.