Commander to visit local Legion post

Denise Rohan
Denise Rohan

The national leader of the American Legion will pay a visit to Texarkana, Ark., in November.

Commander Denise H. Rohan will speak at Post 58 from 7:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Nov. 13. The post is at 525 E. Broad St.

Rohan was elected as 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, as well as a repair parts specialist course instructor at Fort Lee, Va. She was honorably discharge in August 1976.

Rohan and her husband, Mike, live in Verona, Wis., where she has served the American Legion since 1984.

Prior to 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 Scouts troop.

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