2025
247 veteran gift bags delivered
Distributed by Post 31 in partnership with TVA, the Shoals Elks Lodge, the TVA Retirees Association and others — reaching veterans in Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale and Lawrence counties.
American Legion Colbert County Memorial Post 31
Service After Service.
Post 31 brings veterans and neighbors together to serve those who served, honor those we lost, and strengthen Colbert County and the Shoals.
Why Post 31 exists
Four ways the Post serves the Shoals.
Our work runs along four lines — care for veterans, honor for those who served, a voice for local needs, and citizenship for the next generation.
Veterans Assistance
No Veteran Forgotten
Practical care delivered in person — gift bags of full-size toiletries, warm socks, snacks and puzzle books — to veterans in nursing homes, assisted-living, hospice and homebound care across four counties.
Read more →Honor & RemembranceHonor in Action
Memorial Day and Veterans Day ceremonies. A Color Guard that presents the colors and renders military funeral honors. Flags placed on the graves of those who served. Worn flags retired with dignity.
Read more →AdvocacyA Voice Close to Home
Speaking up for veterans in northwest Alabama — work that helped bring a Veterans Service Office back to Colbert County and continues to push for more local services.
Read more →Youth & AmericanismBuilding the Next Generation
American Legion Baseball and citizenship programs that pass teamwork, leadership and respect for the freedoms veterans defended on to the next generation.
Read more →What it adds up to
Real work. Real years. Real people in the Shoals.
Each number below is one year's project, sourced from public reporting. We do not add them together — every year is its own promise kept.
2024
370+ gift bags delivered
Post 31's annual holiday gift-bag program reached well over 300 veterans across four counties in 2024, the Post's largest year up to that point.
2025
Veterans Affairs office reopened in Colbert County
After years of advocacy, a new Veterans Service Office opened on the second floor of the Colbert County Courthouse, ending a long gap in local service for area veterans.
2025
Nearly 500 grave flags placed at Colbert Memorial Gardens
Post 31's Color Guard and 35 TVA volunteers placed the flags in about 15 minutes. Funded by community donors including Love's Truck Stop, LaGrange Church of Christ and Our Lady of the Shoals Catholic Church.
2022
480 worn flags retired with honors
A solemn Flag Day ceremony at Spring Park, conducted by Post 31, retired roughly 480 worn American flags.
Find your place
There is no single way to belong.
Help for an afternoon. Attend a meal. Lead a project. Mentor a young person. Stand with a grieving family. Sponsor supplies. Or become a member. Start where you are — choose the kind of service that fits your life.
For day-to-day updates
Follow Post 31 on Facebook.
Meeting reminders, photos from ceremonies, item-drive requests, and live event details are posted to the Post's public Facebook group. That's the fastest way to see what's happening this week.