HAWTHORNE POST 112 IS ALIGNED WITH THE AMERICAN LEGION WHICH IS THE NATION'S LARGEST AND MOST RESPECTED ORGANIZATION OF WARTIME VETERANS; VETERANS WHO CONTINUE THEIR SERVICE TO AMERICA BY STILL SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND WHOSE INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY CREATES AND SUPPORTS THE FEELING OF CAMARADERIE. HAWTHORNE POST 112 AMERICAN LEGION ENCOURAGES MEMBERSHIP, WHICH IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE AMERICAN LEGION. MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION ARE PART OF A UNIQUE GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR COUNTRY HONORABLY, SHARING A SPECIAL COMMON BOND OF EXPERIENCE FORGED IN SACRAFICE AND SERVICE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN. HAWTHORNE POST 112 ALSO SUPPORTS VETERANS WHO ARE IN NEED AND DISABLED, ESPECIALLY THOSE RESIDING AT THE MONTROSE NY VETERANS HOSPITAL, BY PROVIDING FOOD AND SUPPLIES (SHIRTS, EMBLEMS, ETC. GIVEN TO THE VETERANS) FOR HOLIDAY AND SPECIAL DAY EVENTS, BOOSTING THEIR SPIRIT AND GIVING THEM ENCOURAGEMENT, THANKING THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE & SACRAFICE.