Please join us for our next general meeting on 8 May at the Legion Hall.

American Legion Baseball is here in Moore County!

Click on the "Baseball Link" for more information!

Calendar of Events for 2025

13 Mar Present Slate of Candidates for Elected Office

10 Apr Call for Candidates for Elected Office

26 Apr "Burger and a Movie", Gettysburg! (Canceled for this month)

08 May Post 12 Elections

TBD Installation of Post 12 Officers

01-31 May Poppy Month

10 May 36^th Annual Buggy Festival-Carthage (Poppy & Raffle sale)

TBD District 16 Meeting (Location?)

26 May Memorial Day Service-Carthage Memorial Park

07 Jun Department Annual Convention-North Raleigh Hilton

04 Jul Independence Day Parade-Carthage and Southern Pines

02 Aug 70^th Annual Farmers Day & Festival-Robbins (Poppies, Wreath, Raffle sale)

?? Oct Octoberfest Dance (Members Only and Family-Legion Hall)

09-11 Oct Annual Moore County Agricultural Fair-Moore County Fairgrounds

11 Oct WAA Wreath Sponsorship-Lowe’s Home Improvement, Southern Pines

18 Oct Flag Retirement Ceremony, Post 12?

?? Oct Department Fall Conference-North Raleigh Hilton

25 Oct Festival D’Avion, Moore County Regional Airport

08 Nov Annual Veterans Day Parade-Southern Pines

11 Nov Veterans Day Ceremony-Carthage Memorial Park

15 Nov WAA Wreath Sponsorship-Pete’s Restaurant, Carthage

11 Dec Christmas Party & Raffle Drawing

13 Dec Wreaths Across America, Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery

Youth Programs

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."

Site Map

American Legion Post 12
P.O. Box 1893, 350 Legion Hut Road
Carthage, NC 28327
(910) 420-0013

The American Legion is tax-exempt under Section 501 (c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended.

EIN 566088211