Post Meetings
While the Town of Westwood renovates the Post Home, meetings will be held at the Westwood Senior Center on Nahatan Street beginning with the February, 2023 Business Meeting.
Welcome to Westwood Post 320
Dick Paster Receives Old Friends Award
Dick Paster received the Old Friends Award at the 2018 Department of Massachusetts Convention in recognition of his many years of service to the American Legion Baseball Program. Depicted are from left to right Paster, Department Commander Charles Towers and Past National Commander Jake Comer.
President Trump Signs Legion Act
President Donald J. Trump signs S. 504, the Let Everyone Get Involved in Opportunities for National
The American Legion sought the declaration as a way to honor approximately 1,600 U.S. servicemembers who were killed or wounded during previously undeclared periods of war.
The LEGION Act (Let Everyone Get Involved In Opportunities for National Service Act) also opens the door for approximately 6 million veterans to access American Legion programs and benefits for which they previously had not been eligible.
“Recognizing the service of these wartime veterans is the right thing do and it is long overdue,” National Commander Brett Reistad said. “The families of those who were killed or wounded during these wartime acts should take pride in knowing that we recognize their sacrifice and service.
Moreover, we are proud to welcome any of the six million living veterans from the previously unrecognized periods into our organization and call them ‘Legionnaires.’”
Now that the legislation has been signed, The American Legion’s eligibility criteria immediately changes from seven war eras to two: April 6, 1917, to Nov. 11, 1918, and Dec. 7, 1941 to a time later determined by the federal government. No other restrictions to American Legion membership are changed.
The law’s journey began on Feb. 14 when Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., introduced S. 504, along with Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. A companion measure, H.R. 1641, was introduced in the House by Reps. Lou Correa, D-Calif., and Ben Cline, R-Va.
Reistad expressed gratitude to the bipartisan members of Congress for passing the legislation.
“We are grateful that President Trump fully acknowledges the importance of The American Legion by signing the LEGION Act in the White House today – just one week after it passed the House of Representatives,” Reistad said. “In an era of partisan gridlock, Republicans and Democrats in Congress overwhelmingly recognized the importance of allowing thousands of honorable but previously ineligible veterans the right to join the largest and most influential veterans organization in the country.”
Reistad pointed out that existing American Legion membership applications are in the process of being updated but can still be used. “In the meantime, I recommend that prospective Legionnaires and recruiters write ‘LEGION Act’ in the eligibility date section of American Legion membership applications if they fall outside the previous war eras,” Reistad said. “The larger pool of veterans now eligible for The American Legion will also open their family members to eligibility in the Sons of the American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary as well.”
NEC Amends Preamble to American Legion Constitution
The Preamble was amended by substituting the words "in all wars" for "the Great Wars"
The Preamble now reads:
For God and Country, we associate ourselves together for
the following purposes:
- To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of
America;
- To maintain law and order;
- To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent
Americanism;
- To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations
in all wars;
- To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the
community, state and nation;
- To combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses;
- To make right the master of might;
- To promote peace and goodwill on earth;
- To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of
- justice, freedom and democracy;
- To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion
to mutual helpfulness.
Memorial Day - 2019
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2014 Westwood Post 320 Senior Baseball team
Congratulations to the Westwood Post 320 Senior Baseball team on winning the 2014 District 6 Championship. Team photo taken at the 2014 Senior Department Championship Tournament with Department Commander Charlie Towers.