American Legion Surprise Post 96, Inc. General Meetings are on the fourth Thursday of each month all year. Our meeting begin at 1900 with social hour at 1800. We meet at Arizona Traditions, 17221 N Citrus Rd, Surprise, AZ 85374 in the Neighborhood Center. Our Officers meet at 1600 on the first Wednesday of each month at Arizona Traditions in the Classroom.
We would enjoy having you come for a visit and meet our members. If you feel this is the Post for you, then we shall be very happy to have our Membership Chairman provide you with the necessary information and documents to get you started as a member of our Post. We invite all military veterans, current military members, and their guests to attend our meetings. We always welcome Snowbirds from Posts all over the county. We have a membership drawing every meeting. Members must be present to win free dues for one year. We have raffles at every general meeting, come buy some tickets and win prize!
Post History
American Legion Post 96 began in April 1999 and received its Charter. Ed Foerster served as the first Post Commander. Other first officers were Bill Lipscomb, Senior Vice; Warren Wheeler, Junior Vice; Ted Adams, Adjutant; Harold Evans, Chaplain; and Gil Balcome, Service Officer. Currently Post 96 has over 200 members.
Past Post 96 Commanders
1999-2001 – Edward G. Foerster
2001-2002 – Bill Lipscomb
2002-2003 – George E. Cushing
2003-2004 – John Cardozo
2004-2005 – Duane Williams
2005-2006 – Harold Fritz
2006-2007 – Jim Katzenberger
2007-2008 – Dean A. Strong
2008-2009 – Janet Stripe
2009-2011 – Edward G. Foerster
2011-2012 – Donald J. Jankowski
2012-2015 – George Van de Langeryt
2015-2016 – Tony Cauiola (Commander Cauiola went to Post Everlasting in March 2016)
2016-2017 – Nancie Scalercio
2017-2018 – Andrew LaCour III
2017-2018 Post Officers
Commander: Andy LaCour
Senior Vice: Mike Elliott
Junior Vice: Jerry Pontius
Jr. Past Commander: Nancie Scalercio
Adjutant: Jim Aiello
Finance Officer: George Van de Langeryt
Judge Advocate: George Van de Langeryt
Sgt At Arms: Jim Becker
Chaplain: Joe Urshan
Photographer: Dave Willis
Fundraising Chairman: Marty Schwab
Membership: Mike Elliott – 408-307-0800
Newsletter Editor: George Van de Langeryt (gvan8888@aol.com)
Webmaster: Rodney Hage (MSgtRod@hotmail.com)