Established in 1919, the Sauls - Bridges
Post 13 serves the honored veterans and community of the Tallahassee, Florida area.
While visiting this site you will find great information about the American Legion
including membership benefits as well as detailed information about Post 13. You will be able
to view our post calendar
for upcoming events, important post news, club menu, entertainment schedules, and read the post news letters.
We hope you enjoy your visit to our site. Please contact us
site administrator if you have any comments or
questions about the American Legion, or Post 13.
Flag In The Field
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are 9+ miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. Check out the dimensions of the flag.
- The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
- This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur
- Each Star is 24 feet in diameter
- Each Stripe is 30 feet wide
This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers.
Folding The U.S. Flag
- Bring the striped half up over the blue field.
- Then fold it in half again.
- Bring the lower striped corner to the upper edge forming a triangle.
- Then fold the upper point in to form another triangle. Continue until the entire length of the flag is folded.
- When you get near the end - nothing but the blue field showing - tuck the last bit into the other folds to secure it.
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Preamble to the Constitution of The American Legion
Our Warriors for Freedom!
The American Legion and Post 13 support all of our military personnel and loved ones no matter which branch of the armed services they have chosen. It is they who are
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"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation." -- George Washington --
"A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who,
at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America,"
for an amount of "up to and including my life."
-- Author Unknown
ONE MINUTE EACH NIGHT
In WWII, there was an advisor to Prime Minister Churchill who organized a group of people who
dropped what they were doing every night at a prescribed hour for one minute to collectively
pray for the safety of England , its people and peace. This had an amazing effect as bombing stopped.
There is now a group of people organizing the same thing here in America . If you would like
to participate here are the times each evening:
- 9:00 PM Eastern
- 8:00 PM Central
- 7:00 PM Mountain
- 6:00 PM Pacific)
Stop whatever you are doing and spend one minute praying for the safety of the United States,
our troops, our citizens and for peace in the world.
If you know anyone who would like to participate, please pass this along. Someone said if
people really understood the full extent of the power we have available through prayer, we
might be speechless. Our prayers are the most powerful asset we have.
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Local home front services provided through Post 13 for our military personnel and families. |
Helping our military personnel by recycling
your old cell phones. Bring your old cells phones to the Legion Hall and drop
them into the collection box. Information on how this can benefit our military personnel
by a trade-in program to procure phone calling cards for our troops will be coming soon, or
contact us
for the information.