| 1st Vice Commander Julio Treveno |
Adjutant Jack Brassil |
Finance Officer Jack Brassil |
| Chaplain Roger Gaby |
Sgt-at-Arms Candino Molina |
Service Officer Roger Gaby |
| Ron Wheeler (Tank) | Jane Chase | Charlie E. Hawkins |
| W.L.Walls | Jack Fries |
The Post Manager is Hannah Brassil and the bartenders are Don, Vickie, Jessica and Maryann.
Executive Board Meetings are held the 3rd Wednesday of each month @ 6:00PM
General Membership Meetings are held the 1st Monday of each month @ 6:00PM
Post 83 Officers Nominated to Date for 2009/2010 Positions
Commander Frank FLores 1st Vice Commander Jane Chase
Adjutant Jack Brassil
Judge Advocate Jack Brassil Chaplain Roger Gaby
Post Membership: As of April 25, 2009 we had 678 paid up 2009 members.
When it gets warmer – A “Smitty” memorial patio party with plenty of food and beverage.
ANNUAL CHILI COOK-OFF: The Sons of the Legion 7th Annual Salute to Veterans Chili Cook-Off was held on Saturday May 16, 2009. This event was a Tolbert Terlingua Chili Qualifier.
Schedule of Events:
Bloody Mary 12:30
Beans 1:00
Chili (grind only) 2:00
Showmanship 2:15
Pork Ribs 3:00
Brisket 4:00
For more info about the various chili events contact the Post or Mike "BB" Hughes at 512-398-6795 or visit the Chili Cook-Off web site at
http://www.centraltexaschili.com/cookoffs.htm.
April 4th some members played at the Rory S. Martin Memorial Golf Tournament at the Riverside Golf Course. After the tournament we had the awards and food on the back patio.
March 17 we celebrated St Paddys day with corned beef and cabbage, happy hour prices, good music and friends.
February 1st we had a Super Bowl party and snacks were provided. An informal count showed Steelers fans outnumbered Cardinals fans about two to one.
On January 30 the band was the "The Briscoe Boys"
Last year members went to the Tolbert Chili Cook-Off in Lockhart, the Annual Chili Showmanship Cook-Off at post 177 in Luling, the Terlingua Tolbert Chili Qualifier at the Stumble Inn in Bastrop, a cookoff at Lannys Roadhouse in Lockhart and the State Chili and BBQ Championships at the Blanco County Fairgrounds put on by the Texas Mens State BBQ Association. The SALs had their Chili Cook-Off last May with a big raffle.
Some members went to the VFW Post 3377 for Breakfast in December. A number of Legionnaires are also members of the VFW.
In December we had a Christmas party and sang carols. The DAV had their Christmas Dinner in December.
New Years Eve we had a live band.
Last February we served pasta shells and sausage at the dinner organized by Locale 175 of the Forty and Eight. This is actually part of their Spring Cheminot and Merci Boxcar which has been held every year since 1949. The famous Texas Merci Boxcar is located at Post 76 on Town Lake and was open for viewing Sunday morning around 9 am and had all of the colorful plaques displayed on it for the occasion.
On Labor Day we got together and enjoyed free hot dogs and dollar domestic beer.
The Post held a Halloween party with costumes and snacks and a band.
S.A.L. Squadron 83, Detachment of Texas meeting is the first Tuesday of each month
Forty & Eight Voiture 175 Promenades
are held the last Wednesday of odd numbered months.
Disabled American Veterans meetings are the second Monday of each month
Boy Scout Troop 83 meets every Tuesday at 7 PM.
Cub Scout Pack 11 meets the last Friday of each month
We also sponsor delegates to theAmerican Legion Boys State and
the American Legion Oratorical Contest.
For many years the Post has sponsored several teams of
American Legion Baseball
Auxillary Unit 83 sponsors delegates to the Texas Bluebonnet Girls State.
Knebel Post 83 of the
The American Legion in the Tenth District of the Third Division of the
Department of Texas
has been located since 1979 at 4401 E Saint Elmo Rd at Todd Lane, Austin, Texas.
The telephone number is (512)442-2896. You can fax us at the same number.
Our mailing address is P.O.Box 17846 Austin TX 78760.
You can email the Post at
knebelpost83@lycos.com
Post 83 Map Page
The Post offers rental space to groups with a maximum capacity of 250. There is a full bar with a color TV. Mondays are dollar beer nights.
Post 83 is committed to providing venues for its members to "kick up their heels and have a good time".We ARE in Texas after all!
We not all fun and games. It's YOUR Post so make your voice heard. Come out and tell us how to make YOUR Post better.
The kitchen is open and serves some GREAT burgers, nachos, and other refreshments during evening bingo. If you want to taste the best breakfast taco in town, head on down to Wed morning bingo and try one of Don's. Great prizes, great food, great fun!
From time to time the members organize an impromptu BBQ at our big BBQ pits near the patio.
Sometimes we get together a fish fry using the new fryer in our kitchen.
We have had some great pancake suppers as well.
Here is a quick glimpse of part of the kitchen while they were making schnitzels, browned sliced potatos and red cabbage for the Forty and Eight Spring Cheminot. It was very good. A schitznel looks sort of like a chicken-fried steak and has spices and herbs mixed in with it. Very tasty!
Texas has supplied personnel to the armed forces in all major wars and conflicts in which the United States of America has been involved. Texas was represented at the birth of the American Legion in Paris in March of 1919 by ten servicemen - including Charles Nimon from Austin. Two Austinites were present at the St. Louis Caucus in May of 1919, Alfred Carrel and John W. Young.
On April 21, 1919, a caucus was held in San Antonio to organize a branch of the American Legion in Texas. There were 572 Texas veterans in attendance. The group elected Claude Birkhead of San Antonio as Chairman of this temporary organization, a position he held until the first Department Convention. The St. Louis Caucus of the American legion recognized this group as the official state organization of the American legion in Texas at their meeting in May. The first Department Convention for the American Legion, State of Texas, was held in October of 1919 in Dallas.
Knebel Post 83, The American Legion, was first housed in a wood building at the corner of San Jacinto and 12th Streets. The post was moved to a location on South Lamar, and then to the old Austin Engineers Club building at 602 W. 7th Street. Knebel Post moved to its present location on East St. Elmo in 1979.
Knebel Post 83 was named for Paul Knebel, a World War I Army (Infantry) veteran, and brother of Ed Knebel. Ed was a great supporter of American Legion baseball in Austin. Paul Knebel's picture, donated by family members, hangs in the post. Burwell Knebel, a nephew of Paul Knebel, is still a member of Post 83.
Perhaps the most famous member of Post 83 was the entertainer, Martha Raye. While performing in Austin in the 1970's, Lt. Col. Raye visited Post 83 and was presented with a Life Membership. Martha Raye was a Lt. Col. in the U.S. Army Nurses Corps, and served during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Lt. Col. Raye was made an honorary member of the Special Forces by President Johnson because of her support for the Special Forces.
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Plaques on the French Merci Boxcar
Forty and Eight Grande du Texas
Department of Veterans Affairs
Travis County Veterans Services and Military Service Coalition
Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 1919
Military Order of the World Wars
Onion Creek Post 326, Manchcaca, Texas
Petition for Flag Protection Amendment
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