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After two years of meeting via Zoom (due to the Covid-19 Pandemic), AMVETS GA Post 44, met in person for a Hybrid/Zoom meeting.  Well over 40 members attended the general meeting in person with guest speakers and new members joining the post.

Commander Wright welcomed and thanked Members for attending both in person and via zoom.  He also thanked AMVETS Henry Turner & Charles Wyatt for coordinating the meeting with American Legion Post 66 Commander Norman Davis and other Post 66 Members that led to a 5-year signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations.  Jonathan Horner (American Legion Post 66-House Manager) provided comments on behalf of American Legion Post 66).

Members of AMVETS Post 44, DAV Chapters 90 & 91, and Dekalb County NAACP Branch 5192 presented flags on 26 May 2022.

AMVETS Scharyl Berry, Gail Black, Elaine Edwards & Dylester Scott assisted Members of DAV Chapter 90 (Lawrenceville, GA) and DAV Chapter 91 (Decatur, GA) with placing flags on Military Heroes’ graves. Over 200 flags were placed on graves at Hillandale Memorial Gardens, Lithonia, GA. In total 12 individuals supported this effort on 26 May.

Please join us in congratulating Cadet Gabriel Smith on receiving tops honors from B.E.S.T. Academy High School JROTC. An awards ceremony was held at, 1190 Northwest Drive, NW, Atlanta, GA 30318 on Tuesday, April 19, 2022.

Commander Albert Wright, Jr. presented the award along with AMVET Arthurine Wright, and Clevon Harmon.

We are pleased to announce that on April 8, 2022, we officially began partnering with The Harold Byrd American Legion Post 66 in sharing building space with them.

This collaboration in part was a joint venture, with AMVET Member, Henry Turner, who also is a member of the American Legion Post 66, and AMVET Charles Wyatt.

Commanders, Albert C. Wright, Jr. (Willie Weatherly AMVETS POST 44) and Norman Davis (Harold Byrd American Legion Post 66) confirmed the MOU.

A meet & greet was also held, where Executive Staff members and AMVET members were shown the beautiful spacious facility.

We will launch our 1st in-person meeting which is scheduled for Saturday, May 14, 2022, at 1000 hrs.

Our location address is:

30 Covington Rd, Avondale Estates, GA 30002

On April 15, 2022 – AMVETS Nathan Johnson (AMVETS Post 44) presented Cadet Johnson (Midtown High School, Atlanta, GA) with the Most Improved Cadet’s Award at the school’s Annual JROTC Awards Ceremony.  We are “Proud” of all our Cadets and continue to lead and inspire by example! CONGRATS CADET JOHNSON!

In recognition of National Vietnam War Veterans Day, March 29, 2022, AMVETS Post 44 Commander Albert Wright, Jr, AMVETS Marcia Nathan, and Dylester Scott were honored to issue 29 Vietnam Veterans with a Proclamation from Past Governor Nathan Deal and their choice of Proclamations signed by former Presidents Obama or Trump.  Veterans also received a Vietnam War Veteran lapel pin and snacks. AMVETS Members greeted Vietnam War Veterans and Family Members at the Atlanta VA Arcadia Clinic, in Decatur, GA.

AMVET 44 Newest member Wilfred Robinson, celebrates in Honor with AMVET Comrades and his Corvette Group – Unique Corvettes of Atlanta, Inc. The Corvette club along with other organizations participated in celebrating Veterans day at a local Veterans Hospital in Atlanta, GA.

In many homes, there are empty seats for one who is serving or one who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. There is no better time to express appreciation than during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season.  Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day, our mission is to remember those Soldiers by honoring their gravesite with U.S. Flags and Prayer.

This year we are proud to have AMVET members, from left to right, Roy Montgomery, Wayland Jordan, and Arthur Long, lay flags at the Southview Cemetery in Southeast Atlanta Georgia.

On December 11, 2021, members of Amvets GA Post 44 joined together for the 1st time in over a year to celebrate the upcoming holidays.
Amongst our members were our distinguished

Post Commander Al Wright, Jr. and DeKalb County, Georgia’s District 4 Commissioner, Steve Bradshaw (Lifetime Member).

Anthony G. Cooper, Ph.D., Chief, Center for Development &

Civic Engagement at the Atlanta VA Health Care System and Roy Montgomery, 2nd Vice Commander, Amvets Post 44 participated in a Kroger Gift Card Thanksgiving Give-Away, November 19, 2021.