American Legion Barron County
County Commander; Gerald Townsend.
We have a total of 567 paid members in Barron County.
District Commander; Rita Rindahl.
We are part of the 10th District.
Barron, Buffalo-Pepin, Dunn, Chippewa, Eau Claire,
Pierce, Trempealeau, St Croix Countys
Here is a Full 10th District Page
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Barron County Picnic History
We are the home of the largest
All Veterans Picnic in Wisconsin.
We had our 11th All Veterans County Picnic,
It was held on Sep 9, 2012 at Anderson Park in Barron Wisconsin.
We had our 12th All Veterans County Picnic
This picnic was at Southworth Park Sep 8, 2013 in Chetek Wisconsin.
Here we have a few pictures from our 13th All Veterans County Picnic
The 2014 Picnic was at the Pioneer Village Museum outside of Cameron.
We had our 14th All Veterans County Picnic.
The location was Moon Lake Park in Rice Lake on Aug 30, 2015.
The 15th Annual All Veterans Picnic was at Pioneer Village Museum
It will remain here for every year to come. All Veterans are invited.
The date was September 18th, 2016.
The 16th Annual All Veterans Picnic was at Pioneer Village Museum
This year in place of the Brats we had Grilled Chicken. Yum Yum!
The date was September 17th, 2017.
The 17th Annual All Veterans Picnic was at Pioneer Village Museum
Date was Sept 16th, 2018.
The 18th Annual All Veterans Picnic was again at Pioneer Village Museum
Date was Sept 15th, 2019.
County Commander Cal Briggs and 10th District Auxiliary President Aimee Korger.
The 19th Annual All Veterans Picnic was to be at Pioneer Village Museum.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have cancelled this years picnic.
We hope to resume in 2021.
The 20th picnic was Sept 19, 2021.
Again we hosted it at Pioneer Village Museum.
We had over 125 people to serve and to visit with.
The 21st Picnic was Sept 18, 2022 at Pioneer Village.
Go HERE to see the pictures we took.
The 22nd Picnic was again hosted at Pioneer Village Sept 17th.
We had over 150 people attend our picnic.
The 23nd Picnic was again hosted at Pioneer Village Sept 15th.
We had over 175 people attend our picnic.
*Other County Activities!
*Rice Lake continues with their monthly activities.
Thay have Burgers, Wings and Shrimp on the 4th Wed every month.
And their Breakfast Buffet on the 1st Sunday of every month. HUNGRY?.
*We now have an All Barron County Color Guard. Check out our Photos!
Here are some pictures of the Haugen Fun Days Color Guard in the Parade.
*Again this year 2023, we will be doing an Opening Ceremony
at the Hungry Hollow Gathering north of Barron on HWY 25
on June 25th, 2023 at 9:00 am.
Barron County American Legion
County Council Officers 2024-2025
Printable List.
Meeting Night; 3rd Tuesday of the Month at 7:00
No meetings in November, December, January or February.
Here is a schedule of County Meetings
County Cmdr; Gerald Townsend
1st Vice; Greg Roth
Adjutant; Robert Anderson
Chaplain; Robert Mancl
Service Officer; OPEN
Sgt at Arms; Tom Burgmeier
Color Guard Capt; Brenda Tryba
SAL CMDR, Cumberland; Joe Goldsmith
EMail; gatownsend76@hotmail.com
Website; www.cameronamericanlegion.org/countypage
Post Officers of Barron County.
Year; 2024-2025
Barron Post 212 Officers
Meeting Night; 2nd Thursday 6:30
Commander; Greg Roth
1st Vice; Travis Brown
2nd Vice; Roger Bender
Adjutant; David Martinson
Finance Officer; Gerry Juve
Chaplain; Sever Olson
Service Officer; Mike Otto
Sgt at Arms; Jim Helman
Historian; Chuck Nelson
EMail; martinsondave@hotmail.com
Website;
Cameron Post 194 Officers
Meeting Night; 1st Tuesday 7:30
Commander; Cal Briggs
Adjutant ; Cal Briggs
1st Vice; Dwayne Dummer
Chaplain; Dwayne Dummer
Service Officer; Mark Hom
Sgt at Arms; Laroy Lucken
EMail; rolbri@chibardun.net
Website; www.cameronamericanlegion.org
Mail to P.O. Box 341 Cameron WI 54822
Chetek Post 179 Officers
Meeting Night; 1st Tuesday 7:00
Commander; August Bleske
1st Vice; Tom Burgmeier
2nd Vice August Besler
Adjutant; Dawn Anderson
Finance Officer; Bob Anderson
Chaplain; Russ Knutson
Sgt at Arms; Dave Lund
Sgt at Arms; Gene Schoenfuss EMail; andersontr@citizens-tel.net
Cumberland Post 98 Officers
Meeting Night; 2nd Tuesday 7:00
Commander; Dennis Free
1st Vice; Jerry Townsend
2nd Vice; Terry Manke
Adjutant; Barry Kuenkel
Finance Officer; Cliff Beyer
Service Officer; Don Jacobson
Chaplan; Allen Jones
Historian; Mike Nowlan
Sgt at Arms; John Miller
Sgt at Arms; Ed Schoonveld
EMail; wipost98@hotmail.com
Website; cumberlandlegionpost98.org
SAL Commander; Joe Goldsmith
Haugen Post 540 Officers
Meeting Night; 2nd Wednesday 7:00
Commander; Ken Nelson
1st Vice; Al Schieffer
Chaplain; Bruce Degidio
Adjutant; Tim Marshall
Finance; Fred DeBois
Sgt at Arms; James Czajkowski
EMail; legionpost540@gmail.com
EMail: tmarshall@push.us
Mail to; P.O. Box 5 Haugen WI 54841
Prairie Farm Post 259 Officers
Meeting Night; 4th Monday 7:30
Commander; Ron Crosby
1st Vice; Perry Kallenbach
Adjutant; George Allen
Finance; Don Singerhouse
Sgt at Arms; Joe Bosl
Historian; Ron Crosby
Service Officer; Ron Crosby
EMail;
Rice Lake Post 87 Officers
Meeting Night; 2nd Tuesday 7:00
Commander; Jim Greger
1st Vice; Russ Rindsig
2nd Vice; Gilbert White
Finance Officer; Russ Rindsig
Adjutant; Monte Lewis
Service Officer; Mel Bjugstad
Sgt at Arms; Robert Mancl
Chaplain; Open
EMail; vets@ricelakeamericanlegionpost87.org
Website;www.ricelakeamericanlegionpost87.org
Turtle Lake Post 137 Officers
Meeting Night; 2nd Tuesday 7:00
Commander; Erwin Broker
1st Vice; Patrick Merth
Adjutant; Dale Hove
Finance; James Peterson
Chaplain; Dale Hove
Sgt at Arms; Carl Klineschmidt
EMail; southhorse62@hotmail.com
Barron County American Legion Auxiliary Units
New County President : Jean Erlwine.
1080 3rd Ave. Cumberland WI. 54868
Home: 715-671-0078
Cell: 715-419-3879
EMail: jean.erlewine@gmail.com
Barron Unit 212
President - Temp Mary Townsend
1887 21st Ave, Rice Lake 54868
getmet@hotmail.com
Cameron Unit 194
President - Crystal Hammerel
517 Spruce Ave, Cameron 54822-9578
715-458-4056 Crystal@chibardun.net
Chetek Unit 179
President - LouAnn Novak
902 Knapp St, Chetek 54728-4108
715-764-1033 Grandmalou1947@gmail.com
Cumberland Unit 98
President- Sue Jacobson
455 20th Ave, Comstock Wi 54826
715-822-3731
Haugen Unit 540
President- Yvonne Hill
2943 US Hwy 53, Rice Lake 54868-9370
715-234-8877 yhill45@yahoo.com
Prairie Farm Unit 259
President- Vicki Lindermer
99 81/4 Street, Prairie Farm 54762
715-455-1162 vblindermer@hotmail.com
Rice Lake Unit 87
President- Cynthia Saylor
14 E. Grove Ave. Barron 54812-1151
715-637-4194 gcsaylor@chibardun.net
Turtle Lake Unit 137
President - Betty Dueholm
EMail:dueholm@centurytel.net
Veterans Still Serving America!