This post is located at 731 North Clinton. With over 200 members, the group sponsors youth baseball and Boys' State and Girls' State finals. With the help of the Auxiliary, they hold special monthly dinners, plan the Memorial Day parade, and contribute to many local, state, and charitable funds. American Legion membership requires military service during wartime. At Troop 645 we strongly subscribed to the Methods of Scouting and Aims of Scouting as spelled out in the guidelines for the Boy Scouts of America.
Adults serve as advisors and offer assistance as required.
This group supports the ongoing projects involving the Opera House by holding many different kinds of fundraisers. Some of the projects have included wild game, spaghetti and oriental dinners, musical reviews, fashion shows, even a silent movie film festival along with the selling of bricks for the walkways and spindles lining the interior balcony and stairways. This is an organization of members of the business and professional community. Day to day operations are handled by an Executive Director with offices in the Grand Ledge Opera House. The Chamber sponsors Yankee Doodle Days in June and the Color Cruise and Island Festival in the Fall.