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Come and join us, Monday May 25th at 9am, to cheer our veterans marching in the Memorial Day Parade. The Parade begins at 94th & Lyndale and ends at The Bloomington Cemetery.

American Legion Post 550 2nd Vice Commander and VFW Post 1296 Commander Chris Schmid was promoted to Captain and turned over command of NRC Minneapolis.

You might not realize that Bloomington's Veterans Center is a hotspot for live music in the south metro. The place was packed Feb. 27 for Six to Midnight, a high-energy cover band.

The American Legion Department of Minnesota Appreciation Rally was held at our joint Post 550 on March 14th. You'll find a few photos below from this event. It was a great turnout.

Sponsored by Post 550, Liam Carroll of Minneapolis won the 10th District Oratorical Contest and competed in the State Oratorical Contest in Anoka on Feb. 28.

Les Fordahl, Combat Artist and Member of Post 550 presented his art from Vietnam.

Bloomington American Legion Post 550 donated another $5,000 to Bloomington Kennedy Activities Foundation.

Read The Bloomington American Legion Post 550 Winter 2026 Trumpeteer Newsletter.

We had a full house for the January meeting and MN Department Commander Linda Dvorak from the New Prague Post 45 addressed our members tonight.

Bloomington Veterans Honor Guard members devoted Tuesday afternoon to calling bingo at the Minneapolis Veterans home. Chaplain Jim Mead led the delegation. Jim Mead

Pictures from The Bloomington American Legion Post 550 annual Kids Christmas Party 2025.

Chaplain Jim Meade attended the Pheasant Hunt dinner at the Minneapolis VA Veterans Home along with five other events in the last month. Commander Blaine Beste attended the Pearl Harbor rally in Buffalo MN.

The Bloomington American Legion donated to the VEAP Food Shelf for the month of November 2025.

Post 550 Legion member Larry Johnson appeared in the Legion Magazine, November 2025 issue.

The Bloomington Veterans Honor Guard were invited to the Minnesota Vikings Game on Sunday, November 9th.

The Bloomington Honor Guard has been asked to present our Nation's flag and the flags of all the Armed Services at the Minnesota Vikings Salute to Service football game on November 9th.

Bloomington American Legion Post 550 funds the bingo at the Minneapolis Veterans Home.

The Bloomington Post 550 of Minnesota now offers Charitable Gambling at El Loro in West Bloomington.

Scheels of Eden Prairie Minnesota continues to support the Firearm Safety Program! The students took their new EP Scheels ball caps out in the field today!

Post 550 Chaplain Jim Mead and Post 550 Gambling Manager Tim Engstrom are enjoying American Legion Post 138 in Tampa during the 106th American Legion National Convention.