National American Legion Commander Denise H. Rohan will speak about 7:15 a.m. Monday at Post 58, at 525 E. Broad St. in Texarkana, Ark.
Rohan was elected commander Aug. 24 in Reno, Nev., during the Legion's 99th annual national convention.
Born in McGregor, Iowa, Rohan lived in Elkader, Iowa, until leaving for Army basic training at Fort McClellan, Ala., in 1974. After training, she was assigned as a stock control and accounting specialist and a repair parts specialist course instructor at Fort Lee, Va. She was honorably discharged in August 1976.
Rohan and her husband, Mike, live in Verona, Wis., where she has served the American Legion since 1984.
Before her transfer to Post 385 in Verona, she served as the commander of Post 333 in Sun Prairie, Wis., where she established a Sons of the American Legion squadron and chartered a Boy Scout troop.