American Legion Post 48
Chesnee, SC 29323

Johnny Lawter & Post Commander chatting prior to the meeting


Uh Oh! Did the cooks forget to
bring the dinner?


It arrived and we ate (almost all of it)!






Two marines - enough said




At one time, this table had desserts on it


I suspect that this is where most of the desserts went


And here, too


Past Commander Cliff Jones reads the names
of the nominees for the May election


Member Ronnie Duckett discussing a community service project to the Post members


Member Jack Smith, Jr talking about upcoming turkey shoots at the Post

     The Gadsden Flag is a historical American flag with a yellow field depicting a rattlesnake coiled and ready to strike. Positioned below the rattlesnake are the words "Don't tread on me". The flag is named after American general and statesman Christopher Gadsden (1724–1805) of South Carolina, who designed it in 1775 during the American Revolution. It was also used by the Continental Marines as an early motto flag, along with the Moultrie Flag.
      At the Congress, Continental Colonel Christopher Gadsden represented his home state of South Carolina. He was one of seven members of the Marine Committee who were outfitting the first naval mission. Before the departure of that first mission in December 1775, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Navy, Commodore Esek Hopkins, received the yellow rattlesnake flag from Gadsden to serve as the distinctive personal standard of his flagship. It was displayed at the mainmast. Gadsden also presented a copy of this flag to the Congress of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. This was recorded in the South Carolina congressional journals on February 9, 1776

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