Post Officers 2025-2026
Commander Rick McCrum 1st Vice Bruce Dauer 2nd Vice Chris Simpson 3rd Vice Joe Pitre Adjutant Butch Auchterlonie Finance Officer Jim Taylor Sgt-at-Arms George Hotaling Chaplain Heidi Heidenreich Historian Frank Puettner Service Officer Paul Hyrnio Trustees (3) Kevin Lynch, Phil Hildreth & Joe Capobianco Congratulations to Paul Hyrnio and Joe Capobianco, our two newest members of the Executive Board.
Post General Membership meetings are held the 3rd Thursday each month at 6:00 pm with the exception of June, July & August. Current membership card must be shown.
Notice
We send out an email every Monday morning at 7:00 am detailing the events and happening at the Post for the coming week.If you are not getting this email, please send your current email address to: legionnews@ciceropost787.org ![]() The Legion has the BINGO kitchen duties on the 2nd Wednesday each month. ![]() Winter 2025 New York Legion Magazine ![]() The American Legion Boys’ State is a one week-long program that immerses rising high school seniors in proper citizenship and leadership training. They learn the practical aspects of government as it exists in New York State, and come to recognize that the individual is integral to the character and success of government. They also participate in physical training, teamwork, as well as other activities under the guidance of American Legion counselors and U.S. Marines.
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Post Commander, Rick McCrum
Post Constitution, By-Laws
and House Rules
2025 Membership Report The James Harvey Spire Post 787 remains the largest membership Post in New York State. We are credited with 872 paid members for 2025, and are 5 over our goal of 867 for 100.6%. We have 58 members from 2024 who did not renew their membership for 2025. We had 25 Legion members transfer into our Post and 10 members transfer out. We recruited 58 new members into the Post and sadly 29 members passed away this past year. We had an individual Post goal of 867 which is almost 300 higher than any other Post (832 Posts) in New York and is higher than the goal of 30 individual counties. Congratulations to Phil Hildreth and Joe Pitre for each recruiting three new Legionnaires for 2024. The Post will pay their 2026 dues. We have 64 PUFL (paid up for life) members and 49 Honorary Life members. Honorary Life members include all Past Post Commanders, Post 787 members having at least 41 consecutive years as an American Legion member and Post 787 WW II veterans. The Post pays the dues for Honorary Life members. We also have 36 women veteran members. 2024 Members by War Era Branch of Service World War II 17 Army 322 Korea 52 Navy 171 Vietnam 459 Air Force 208 Lebanon/Grenada 67 Marine Corps 85 Panama 15 Coast Guard 6 Gulf War on Terror 93 Unknown 81 Persian Gulf 109 Unknown/Other 60 |

American Legion Riders ALR787
American Legion Riders chapters are well known for their charitable work, which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for local children's hospitals, schools, veterans homes, severely wounded service members and scholarships. Since 2006, Riders nationwide have participated in The American Legion Legacy Run to annually raise money for the Legacy Scholarship Fund, established to provide scholarships to children of U.S. military personnel killed since Sept. 11, 2001.