Joseph G. Henson Post 12
Carthage, NC
Post 12 Proudly sponsors
American Legion Baseball
Meet the Buggy Town Baseball Team
Be the one, reduce the rate of veteran suicide.
WE'RE HERE FOR EACH OTHER 
American Legion Baseball Season is here! Please click the link for the 2026 schedule!
Post 12 Calendar Quick View 2026
13 August Member General Meeting (19:00)
20 June Yard Sale at the Post (08:00-14:00
13 June Flag Retirement Ceremony, Post 12 Rescheduled For Fall
11 June Post 12 General Meeting
30 May Post 12 Yard Sale - 08:00-14:00 - Vendors Welcome
09 May Carthage Buggy Festival - Volunteers Needed - Raffle Drawing
18 Apr Post 12 Yard Sale 8:00-2:00 PM
17 Apr Boy Scout Badge Training
25 Mar "Burger Burn and a Movie"
21 Mar Post 12 Yard Sale
21 Mar Festival D’Avion, Moore County Regional Airport - Volunteers Needed
12 Mar General Meeting - Also available on Zoom
28 Feb "Burger Burn and a Movie" At 1400
12 Feb General Meeting - Also available on Zoom
05 Feb XComm Meeting At 1600
The 2026 fund-raising Raffle will be the best yet!
This year we are offering the following prizes:
1st Place - Coleman Go-cart
2nd Place - Coleman Minibike
3rd & 4th Place - Daisy air gun with AL insignia
The 2025 Post Christmas party was great!
Click the following link and cursor down until you see:
"American Legion Post 12 Annual Christmas Party on 12/11/2025."
Post 12 ask that ALL members contribute
SELL RAFFLE TICKETS
BUY RAFFLE TICKETS
SPONSOR WAA
ATTEND MEETINGS
VOLUNTEER
CALL YOUR BUDDY
Wreaths Across America
REMEMBER the Fallen. . . HONOR those who Serve. . . TEACH our children the value of Freedom.
On December 13, 2025 at 12:00 pm, NC0373P - American Legion Post 12 will be helping Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery
to Remember and Honor our veterans by laying Remembrance wreaths on the graves of our country's fallen heroes.
Please sponsor a wreath to honor a veteran. Follow this link and click on the SPONSOR WREATH icon.
Please volunteer at the wreath laying ceremony. Follow this link and click on the VOLUNTEER icon.
www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/NC0373P
Click Here For Detailed Instructions
Post 12 and the Community
Post 12 Legionnaires participate in many community activities such as parades, memorials, and dedications.
When requested, we are also available to help other veteran organizations with their memorials.
We sponsor local students to participate in Boys State, Girls State, ALWS Baseball
We sponsor scholarships to better educate our children.
For additional information please contact either Ray or Robert
Ray White, 1st Vice Commander, 101dijobe@gmail.com, 910-949-3640
Robert D'Ottavio, Public Affairs, pao@legionpost12.org, 919-400-2224
American Legion Post 12 World Wide Web Media (coming soon)
Please follow Post 12 for updated information,
photographs of events, documentaries, and more.
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Honorable Mentions
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The American Legion Department of North Carolina
American Legion Information Center
Carthage, NC Police Department
Vass, NC Police Department
American Legion Youth Programs
American Legion Baseball
American Legion Ladies Fastpitch Softball
Children & Youth
Junior Shooting Sports Program
Oratorical Program
School Award Medals
Scouting
Special Olympics
Student Trooper
Tarheel Boys State
American Legion Youth Programs and Responsible Citizenship Video
American Legion Baseball in the modern era
American Legion Baseball enjoys a reputation as one of the most successful and tradition-rich amateur athletic leagues. Today, the program registers teams in all 50 states plus Canada. Each year young people, ages 13 to 19, participate. Since its inception in 1925, the league has had millions of players, including countless who have gone on to play in college and professional baseball, with 82 inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Legion Baseball also has a reputation for serving the young people who play for it. In college scholarships, the league annually awards a total of $25,000 - $500 for a player selected from each department based upon leadership, character, scholarship and financial need. Recently, the Legion passed a resolution allowing corporate sponsorship, in the hope of creating more financial aid for college. Diamond Sports currently funds $25,000 in scholarships for the American Legion Baseball All-Academic Team. Eight players receive a $2,500 scholarship and the "Captain" of the All Academic Team receives a $5,000 scholarship.
In 1949, the national player of the year was first named through the arrangement of Robert Quinn, director of The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Fittingly, winners receive a trip to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., making them the only amateur athletes invited to the exhibit. The award is now named after George W. Rulon, who served as program coordinator from 1961 to 1987.
Three other recognition awards were established in the 1970s: the Dr. Irvin L. "Click" Cowger RBI Award, the Rawlings Big Stick Award and the Bob Feller pitching awards. All recognize strong performances in the regional and national tournaments.
Over the years, plenty of other major corporations have joined Gatorade in sponsoring Legion Baseball. In the 1940s, Ford Motor Co. dealers supplied uniforms for local teams. Diamond Sports signed on as the "Official Baseball of the American Legion World Series."
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Carthage, NC 28327
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