Tuesday, November 10, 2009—Dorie Miller Post #915 celebrates their 6th Annual Veterans Day Benefit with a Spotlight on Youth. More than 150 attendees celebrated Veterans Day with Dorie Miller Post #915 at the Alsip, IL Doubletree Hotel & Conference Complex. LTC Donna L. Cooper and U.S. Senator Candidate Cheryle Robinson Jackson (D-IL) received the 2009 Distinguished and Honored Guest Awards. Photographed above is youth ballroom dancing champions Trevor Keeler and his first cousin Krystal Walker. The two have been dancing and competing together for more than 8 years. They wowed the crowd as did other youth participants at the Annual Gala. Photo Gallery  Southtown Star Newspaper Story

Saturday, September 12, 2009—Dorie Miller Post #915 participates in Annual HealthFair sponsored by Third Baptist Church of Chicago, IL. Third Baptist Church of Chicago Health and Wellness Ministry has hosted the event for 9 consecutive years. In 2009 Dorie Miller Post was invited to help bring in the Veteran community for free health screenings of many sorts. The event was very successful and the Post is looking forward to future health events that are designed to inform Veterans of the numerous health care services available to them. (In photo Gary D. Whyte, Commander & James Franklin, Sr. Vice Commander). Photo Gallery

Saturday July 18, 2009—Dorie Miller Post #915 celebrates the Post 64th Anniversary at the Jones Armory, Chicago, IL. Members and friends of Dorie Miller Post gathered and celebrated the Post 64th anniversary with a picnic following the Post monthly meeting on 18 July 2009. Post member Eugene Morris, President and Founder of E. Morris Communications donated T-shirts and other military memorabilia for the affair. Photo Gallery.

Sunday, May 24, 2009—Dorie Miller Post #915 Annual Commander’s & President’s Ball. We changed our venue this year. We took our Annual Officer Appreciation Banquet to the Doubletree Hotel in Alsip. Guests enjoyed an afternoon of fine food and entertainment. Members and guests thanked Commander Robert L. Davis for three consecutive years of Post leadership. A perfect way to end the Memorial Day weekend. For additional pictures of this affair please visit the Photo Gallery.

Saturday May 23, 2009—Dorie Miller Post #915 Participates In Annual Chicago, IL Memorial Day Parade. The American Legion Dorie Miller Post #915 members look forward to this annual Chicago event. From left to right: Post member Paul Knox; Sergeant-at-Arms Larry Forniss; Commander Robert Davis; Auxiliary President Dolores Brooks; Chaplain Danny Eison; and Past Post Commander Louis Hart. We have additional photos in our gallery.

Saturday May 2, 2009—Dorie Miller Post #915 Participates In Ceremony for Past Post Commander, Andrew Jackson Mosley. Gary D. Whyte, Sr. Vice Commander of Dorie Miller Post #915, is seen in the Post tribute to Past Commander Mosley on 2 May 2009. Directly behind Sr. Vice Whyte is Charles C. Kuykendoll of George H. Giles Post #87, followed by Allen Kirkpatrick, Post #915 Finance Officer and James Franklin, Post #915 Service Officer. Click here for announcement.

Saturday May 2, 2009—Dorie Miller Post #915 Celebrates the Life of Past Post Commander, Andrew Jackson Mosley. Andrew J. Mosley was a force for Veteran Affairs in the Chicago area. His work was evident as seen in this 80’s decade picture of the former Commander being honored by the late Honorable Harold Washington, Mayor of Chicago. Commander Mosley served as Commander of Dorie Miller Post in 1949. 1950, 1961 and 1962. He also served the Department as Third District and First Division Commander.

Saturday May 2, 2009—The family of Post #915 3rd & 13th Commander, Andrew Jackson Mosley. Seated L to R: grandson—Joe Richmond; daughter—Andrea R. Harris; grandson—Terrell Harris. Standing L to R: niece—Donna Montgomery; nephew—Clark Lucky; grandson—Forrest E. Harris; granddaughter—LuZandra A. Harris; grandson—Andrew Harris, III; granddaughter-in-law—Marion Harris.

Saturday April 18, 2009—CVO (Coalition Of Veterans Organizations) Town Hall Meeting with U.S. Senator Roland Burris. Marvin Gardner, Senator Roland Burris (D-IL), and Sr. Vice Commander Gary D. Whyte, Dorie Miller Post #915 are photographed in front of the Montford Point Marine Association, Chicago Chapter No. 2 following a Town Hall Meeting sponsored by CVO. Hundreds of Chicago area veterans turned out for the event. Click here to read more.

Friday March 13, 2009—VPPC (Veterans Planning & Projects Coalition) 3rd Annual Job Fair at Coyne American Institute, Chicago, IL Members of the Coalition include front row—l to r: Valerie Neal, Vice President Ladies Auxiliary Montford Point Marine Association Chicago Chapter #2; Doretha “Dee” Reid, President VPPC & immediate past President Dorie Miller Post #915 Auxiliary; Phil Hoover, Coyne American Institute. Back row l to r: Chaplain Hilliard and Howard Neal both from Montford Point Marine Association, Chicago Chapter #2; Commander Robert Davis and Sr. Vice Commander Gary D. Whyte—both from Dorie Miller Post #915. Highlights

Monday, November 10, 2008 Details: There were nearly 200 attending the 5th Annual Veterans Day Benefit sponsored by Dorie Miller Post #915 of Chicago, Illinois. Those in attendance included Veterans, Politicians, family & friends. For additional pictures please visit our Photo Gallery.

President and CEO Eugene Morris of E. Morris Communications, Inc., receives The American Legion Dorie Miller Post #915, 2008 Distinguished and Honored Guest Award. - Press Release

Sergeant Stephen E. Sherman (RET) of Los Angeles, CA, pictured with his guest, Beverly J. Blackwood of Chicago, at the 4th Annual Dorie Miller Benefit in Chicago, IL, on November 10, 2007. Ms Blackwood’s father, the late Lt Colonel Charles J. Blackwood, Sr. is an original member of the first African American Officer’s candidate class of 1917 at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. He was also a member of the Buffalo Soldiers Calvary, U.S. Army 92nd Division/17th Provisional Training Regiment. Visit www.fortdesmoines.org