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16722 198th AVE NW - Big Lake, MN 55309 (763) 263-3147

BIG LAKE AMERICAN LEGION - POST #147

ARTHUR EMBRETSON BIG LAKE AMERICAN LEGION

MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE
The Big Lake American Legion Post #147 will conduct their annual Memorial Day Service at the Big Lake Cemetery at 10 a.m., Monday May 26th., 2008. Immediately following the Cemetery Service, a dignified disposal of unserviceable flags ceremony will be conducted at the Legion Club located at Big Lake Marketplace. A free lunch will be served in the Legion Hall following the flag Ceremony. The public is urged to bring their old flags for disposal. For those unable to attend, you may still bring your flags to the Big Lake Legion Club during regular business hours for disposal.

The Big Lake American Legion Post 147 is now at home in their new facility in Marketplace.

The Big Lake Marketplace development is located along a high profile stretch of Highway 10, east of downtown Big Lake, Minnesota and offers 110 acres of highway commercial and 90 acres of industrial land area.

LEGION STAFF:

General Manager
Sherree Rifenberick

Gambling manager
Jim Bruns

Asst Gambling manager
Cheri Jacobs

Lead Cook
Barbara Nelson

The new building provides a small meeting room for up to 20 persons, a large meeting/banquet hall with seating for up to 325 and the lounge, which seats 125. Offices for staff and Legion and Auxiliary officers are located on a second story. Hours of operation are from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. weekdays and from 11 a.m. to midnight Sundays.