Author Archives: FL154-Admin

Change #2:  “The Sojourner Chapter  will meet on the  first Wed in April, 5 April, at Pullman Restaurant on Cherokee St  Leavenworth. NOT AT THE CAFÉ. Originally the meeting night was changed to 12 April because of the Armed Forces … Continue reading →

A Note from the Chapter Secretary.  March and April Sojourner chapter meetings will by off their normal Wednesdays.  In March we will met on 8 March at Pullman Restaurant because 1 March is Ash Wednesday.   In April we will meet on … Continue reading →

Note: March 1, 2017 is Ash Wednesday.  In order to ensure our membership does not have to make a choice between Ash Wednesday observances and Sojourners, Fort Leavenworth Chapter #154 will be moving meeting night to Wednesday, March 8, 2017. … Continue reading →

It’s a short month and the first Wednesday arrived quickly (Feb 1st!), the day before Groundhog Day.  Rather than wait for the rodent to predict gloom and doom for the next six weeks, Brother WhistlePhigg took the initiative to yank the … Continue reading →

Our ship has come in!  Unfortunately, we were at the railroad depot.  In a pre-snow, cold, January evening, the gang gathered at Pullman’s in Leavenworth for the first meeting of 2017.  Keeping with the railroad motif, a train whistle was … Continue reading →

In fine military fashion, the members of Old Frontier Camp, Heroes of ’76® mustered for an autumn encampment at Fort Boughton on October 5th.  Things were going per plan when all of a sudden, a skirmish occurred on the picket … Continue reading →

September may be back-to-school month, but we Sojourners have been laboring through the summer, although we do what we love and love what we do.  At this month’s meeting, we initiated Brother Aaron Ewing in due form.  He is seen here … Continue reading →

Ryan Pangracs, a senior this fall at Leavenworth High School, presented his findings from his July trip to Philadelphia. Ryan was selected as our sponsored student to the Spirit of America Youth Leadership conference at Freedom’s Foundation at Valley Forge. … Continue reading →

“Explosive”, is how Brother Dick described our July meeting.  “One-Arm” Arnold Denten was our special guest who ‘single-handedly’ (pardon the pun) gave a demonstration of pressure-loading an 80mm home-made pan mortar from re-constituted dud fireworks.  While placing bets whether it … Continue reading →

“Capacity crowd!”, yelled the caterer as he looked at the number placard near the door.  Fortunately, the maximum allowable was equal to the maximum attending.  Wow!  What a great time among Sojourners that gathered at the usual watering hole for … Continue reading →