Welcome to Bremen Post 2791 , located on historic Oak Park Avenue in the heart of Olde Towne Tinley Park. Our Post has been an active part of the community for almost 70 years. As our community has grown, so has our Post. Our membership currently exceeds 850 Veterans, along with over 160 members of the Ladies Auxiliary and over 40 members of our Men's Auxiliary.
Bremen Post 2791 has been recognized as an All-State Post for 23 consecutive years, and we have already completed all of the necessary requirements to extend our streak to 24 years. In 2008-2009 we were recognized as an All-American Post for the first time in our 68 year history. We are currently the largest Post in the 16th district and the 5th largest Post in the state of Illinois.
Our Post was chartered in March of 1941. After the end od WW II the meetings were held in the old Village Hall. In the late 40's our current property eas purchased at a cost of $7,000. the property at that time was the site of the Lehman brothers garage. Due to financial issues, a separate organization known as the Bremen Township Veterans Club was formed. The reason for the separate club was
Our Post home, which was originally the site of a gas station/automotive repair shop, was built in 1983. The old building was demolished and a new 5000 square foot structure was built with the expectation that it would be sufficient space for decades to come. However as we continued to grow we saw the need to expand, and in 1998 we added a 2500 square foot addition to the east end of our building. We expanded our popular banquet hall and added an all new canteen to service our members.
Our Post is also the meeting place for many other Veterans organizations. We host our Ladies and Mens Auxiliaries as well as the Korean War Veterans Accociation Chapter 23, the American Veterans Motorcycle Riders Association Chapter 10, the Marine Corps League, Kevin Clarke detachment, Military Order of the Cooties, Kilroy Pup Tent # 77, Purple Heart Veternas Association, the Vietnam Veterans Association Chapter 153, and the U.S. Submarine Force, USS Chicago Base (SSN721). If you are interested in joining any or many of these groups look below for their meeting dates.
We currently host many functions at the Post, such as Monday night Bingo, Friday Fish Fry events, spaghetti dinners, fundraiser's and District functions. Please browse thru our site to find out more about these events and functions. . We are in the process of improving our site on a daily basis so we can provide you with current and relevant information. Please be patient, it took us over 60 years to get this far.
Congratulations are in order for our newly elected Officers. Hank Kowalski will lead the Post again for 2009-2010. George Jensen is the newly elected President of the Mens Auxiliary and Audrey Zarembski will take over as the President of the Ladies Auxiliary. The new leaders and their elected and appointed Officers took over at the close of our Department Convention on Sunday June28, 2009.
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