INDIANAPOLIS — The flags that symbolize service no longer fly in front of Tillman H. Harpole American Legion Post 249, whose charter dates back to the late 1930s.
“This is a sad moment for me, just to stand here and look and see it decaying like this,” William Garrett, a member of Post 249 for 20 years, said. “It used to be a happy place.”
77-year-old Garrett misses those happier times.
WRTV According to the state American Legion, those happy times came with a price tag. That price is one that they say Post 249 hasn’t paid.
“They owe, not counting the PNC and PPP loan they owe, $112,234.50,” Mark Gullion, the Past Department Commander for the Indiana American Legion, said.
The state American Legion says it tried to work with the local post. Supporters say they cooperated.
WRTV “They gave us a checklist,” Cecil Holly, a past commander for the Sons of Allegiance Post 249, said. “We actually adhered to that checklist and completed it. It was after that fact that we found out about a secret meeting where they decided to say they we want to dissolve Post 249.”