The Midwinter Conference Sweepstakes drawing was held on January 23, 2023 at the Austin Southpark Hotel in Austin, Texas. Congratulations to the following winners: Prize Amount Name City Post 1 Grand Prize $10,000.00 Patrick Casey Seabrook 490 2 Second Prize $2500.00 George Havran Houston 472 3 Third Prize $1000.00 Richard Aguilar Corpus Christi 345 4 Fourth Prize $500.00 Richard Pleasant San Antonio 10 5 Fifth Prize $500.00 Kyle Armstrong Wichita

We received word this morning that 4th Division Commander David Crozier passed away last night. He had been on in the hospital for respiratory problems. Funeral arrangement are unknown at this time. Update (01.11.23): Viewing will be Wednesday, January 25 6-8PM Viewing/Services Thursday, January 26 8-9:30am. After service go to Ft Bliss for burial services. Sunset Funeral Home 4631 Hondo Pass El Paso, TX 915-755-0200 — Bill West State Adjutant

The Department Headquarters will be closed for the Holiday season from December 23, 2022 to January 3, 2023. We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!

Position Announcement Department Service Officer Salary Schedule B8 – $40,000.00 annually Opening Date: December 1, 2022 Closing Date: January 31, 2022 Job Location: VA Regional Center Houston, Texas GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The American Legion, Department of Texas, a non‐profit Veterans Organization, is looking for a Department Service Officer, to provide assistance and benefit information to veterans, their dependents and beneficiaries, under laws administered by the Veterans Administration and other federal, state

The American Legion Department of Texas Oral History Project is about to begin! The American Legion, Department of Texas is working with Publishing Concepts (PCI) to create an Oral History of our members. PCI will be contacting you vie mail and email to request that you update your members information. We are also collecting stories from our members to memorialize the history of their military and American Legion service and