Prospective members are wartime veterans with an honorable discharge. Bring proof of honorable discharge from the U.S. military to apply. National eligibility, in general terms, is U.S. Armed Forces service during the Legion's eligibility periods, currently federal active duty from December 7, 1941, to the present, with honorable discharge or honorable service still under way. Post 38 does not invent a local waiver. Walk in with your discharge paperwork, or call the Hall.
General Membership Meetings are the second Thursday of each month from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Hall. Veteran's Tailgates are the third Thursday from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. The homepage says tailgates are open to all veterans for casual gatherings, and that no prior registration is typically required for tailgates or open events. Come eat. Come listen. Come see whether this is your post.
Membership is how a wartime veteran takes a chair among neighbors who already did. The Hall is used for Scout Sundays, second-Thursday business, and third-Thursday tailgates. If you have not been in, this is the month to walk through the door. If you know a veteran who has not joined, bring them.
If a family member wants to know about the American Legion Auxiliary, ask at the Hall. That membership is separate from the Legion. To join Post 38, bring proof of honorable discharge to a General Membership Meeting or a Veteran's Tailgate. There is a chair at Post 38. Call (830) 393-7929 or visit txlegion38.org.
Post 38 – There Is a Chair at Post 38.
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Thursday, September 17, 2026, is Constitution Day — the anniversary of the signing in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention finished a summer of argument and compromise and put their names to a four-page charter that still governs the United States. Constitution Week runs September 17 through 23, the week Congress asked the Nation to set aside for that document.
Thirty-nine delegates signed. The Preamble names the purpose in a single sentence: to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty. Article I vests legislative power in Congress. Article II, the executive. Article III, the judiciary.
The American Legion's Americanism program has treated the Constitution as a living charge, not a museum piece. Nationally that work includes civics education and a High School Oratorical Contest. Post 38 marks the week as a hometown post marks it: by naming the day, flying the flag, and keeping the Hall a place where the document is more than a display. Read the Preamble. Teach a young person why it matters.
The same Thursday is the Veteran's Tailgate at the Hall, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Constitution Day does not cancel the Tailgate. Come eat. Bring a young person if you can. Second-Thursday meetings and third-Thursday Tailgates are where Post 38 practices the quieter part of Americanism — showing up, taking a chair, and looking after the people who served under that document. Questions: (830) 393-7929 or txlegion38.org.
Post 38 – The Constitution Is Our Charge.
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Sunday, September 27, 2026, is Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day — always the last Sunday of September. American Legion Post 38 in Floresville, Texas, marks the day with the Nation: a Sunday set aside for the families who lost a son, a daughter, a spouse, a parent, or a sibling in the service of the United States.
The gold star began as a practice of the First World War. Families hung a service banner in the window: a white field with a red border, and a blue star for each member in uniform. When a service member died, the blue star was covered or replaced by a gold one. The banner was not decoration. It was a public accounting of a private loss, readable from the street.
On June 23, 1936, a joint resolution of Congress designated the last Sunday in September as Gold Star Mother's Day. The observance now honors Gold Star mothers and Gold Star families — mothers, fathers, spouses, children, siblings, and others who live with that gold star. American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., grew from that same generation. Fathers belong to the day as surely as mothers do. The last Sunday of September is theirs.
Among our neighbors in Floresville and Wilson County are households that have set a gold star in the window, or that still set a place at the table. Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day belongs to them. Taking care of those families is how a Post says it locally — a visit, a meal, a ride, a chair at Post 38. A Buddy Check is ordinary looking-after: a phone call, a saved seat at the second-Thursday meeting or the third-Thursday Tailgate, a check on a family that has carried more than most.
Sunday, September 27, is also a Scout Sunday at the Hall, 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. The Gold Star observance is national; the Scout meeting is already on the calendar. Fly the flag. Look in on a family. Keep the Hall a place where service, and the cost of service, are both named.
Post 38 – We Honor the Families Who Gave More Than We Can Repay.
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American Legion Post 38 in Floresville, Texas, will host the Wilson County Military Veteran's Ball on Saturday, December 19, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at The Copper Door, 302 FM 1346, La Vernia, Texas 78121. The evening is music, dinner, dancing, and fellowship — a county-wide thank-you to those who served.
Post 38 hosts this county-wide evening of honor because the veterans of Wilson County are not confined to one town or one era. They live in Floresville, La Vernia, and every community in between. An open invitation is how this Post says, in public, that service still counts here. The Hall at 1412 4th Street is our home; The Copper Door is where we ask the county to gather.
December 19 is a date to put on the refrigerator now. Buy tickets early and fill a table. Invite a veteran who is not yet a member of the Post. Invite a family member who has stood the watch at home. The Ball is for those who wore the uniform and for those who kept the household running while they did. A full table is the point of a county-wide evening.
The American Legion Auxiliary supports the Post on this evening, as it does throughout the year. Tickets are $50 general admission via Zeffy at https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/annual-gala-5336. The flyer on this page carries a QR code for the same ticket page. Volunteers should speak with a Post officer at the September 10 meeting (7 to 9 p.m.) or a third-Thursday Tailgate. Questions: (830) 393-7929 or txlegion38.org. Put December 19 on the calendar. Fill a table. Show up for the people who showed up for this country.
Post 38 – Saving a Place at the Ball for Those Who Served.
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American Legion Post 38 in Floresville, Texas, marks the 82nd Annual Floresville Peanut Festival as a hometown tradition. The festival runs Thursday, October 8, through Saturday, October 10, 2026, on the Courthouse Square in historic downtown Floresville. Official details live at floresvillepeanutfestival.org. The Hall will be set up as a cooling center during the festival. We will use it to recruit veterans and to sell gun raffle tickets.
The official festival calendar also lists Tuesday, October 6. Goober Games kick off the week that Tuesday afternoon at the Floresville Event Center, with games and activities for the younger crowd. The weekend itself is Thursday through Saturday. The festival's own site lists free grounds admission and free street parking. Saturday, October 10, is the Grand Parade at 10:00 a.m. downtown. Festival questions belong to the festival.
Thursday, October 8, is also the second Thursday of the month. The General Membership Meeting that night from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. is cancelled. We still want members to come visit Post 38 and support the community during the festival.
Post 38's own site already names annual participation in Floresville's Peanut Festival among the traditions of turning out for local festivities. That is the claim this page will make, and no more. The Post marks the weekend as a hometown tradition. Be downtown as neighbors. After the parade, the Hall is still the Hall. Second-Thursday meetings and third-Thursday Tailgates do not move because the square is busy. Questions for the Post: (830) 393-7929 or txlegion38.org. Festival details: floresvillepeanutfestival.org.
Post 38 – A Hometown Tradition. Turn Out as Neighbors.
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