American Legion Post 199 Edwardsville

06/25/2025

Extreme Bar Bingo 7pm!
75 Wing Wednesday!

06/25/2025

Thursday nights we now have Last Queen Standing at the bar!

We are starting a new way to win as a finalist! We call this promotion Above & Below - meaning if Dog Prairie Tavern is the winner, we will award the finalist at Danny's Irish Pub and Little A's our prize for the week! We love giving our players another way to win at LQS - so starting this week, our Above & Below prize will be the JBL Clip on Speaker! Good luck finalists, we will see you all on Thursday!

06/24/2025

New Tex Mex menu comes out today for Taco Tuesday!!!! Lunch and dinner!

06/23/2025

Queen of Hearts Drawing is up to $1500 at 6:50pm.
Bingo at 7pm
Come up and play!

06/22/2025

Ace is coming to the American Legion on July 5th for the fireworks display. Here is another question with giveaway!

Add your best guess on Ace's height and be entered into our drawing for a free snow cone or soda!

Ace is coming to the Edwardsville Fireworks display on July 5th at the American Legion in Edwardsville. It will be an evening of fun entertainment with two bands, yard games, reptile visiting center, food, and of course a meet and greet with Ace!

Reply with your guess on his height and we will enter you into our snow cone/ free soda drawing see if your name was drawn as a winner when you stop by the girl scout game area on July 5th!

06/22/2025

SOLD OUT! Thank you for buying all the raffle tickets, the drawing will be held June 28th at 2pm.

06/20/2025

62025 Day kicks off at 5:30 p.m.; get more details at: www.cityofedwardsville.com/62025 Come out and enjoy our beautiful community! Be sure to also check out activities at the Children's museum and Library during the day.

Are you coming to 62025 Day on Friday, June 20, in City Park downtown? If you do, please come HUNGRY! We've got some great food, dessert and beverage options lined up.
We'll have Overboard, the Little Busy B Food Trailer, Mahalo Shaved Ice, City Scoops Creamery, Sun Up Coffee, Sourpuss Lemonade, plus Bin 51 Wine & Spirits and Global Brew Tap House - Edwardsville, IL serving up adult beverages along East Park Street adjacent to the park!
Or, grab your favorite carryout (or dine before you come to the park!) at our tremendous 62025 restaurants! Bring a blanket or chairs to enjoy your meal in a shady spot in the park before or after the group photo, pie-eating contest and 8 p.m. concert!
We'll also have a bunch of free lawn games and sidewalk chalk and more set up for the kiddos! 62025 Day kicks off at 5:30 p.m.; get more details at: www.cityofedwardsville.com/62025
And don't forget to grab a $5 raffle ticket for the amazing assortment of gift cards and items donated by our generous 62025 businesses! ALL proceeds from the raffle (and pie contest donations) benefit the Glen-Ed Pantry!
And don't forget to check out the Edwardsville Public Library and Edwardsville Children's Museum for fun 62025 activities during the day on Friday!

06/19/2025

You now have plans for Friday Night! It is 62025 Day!
Come join as the City of Edwardsville has a lot of fun planned including a pie-eating contest! City Park, 101 S. Buchanan Street. Doug Thompson thank you for being such a great sport!

We've got some delicious fun in store for Friday night's 62025 Day -- a pie-eating contest! Now that's what we call a little slice of yummy fun in City Park, 101 S. Buchanan Street! What's even better? We're serving up an opportunity to help the Glen-Ed Pantry while our contestants chow down for charity! We'll have collection jars on site so you can vote with your donations for the contestant you believe can eat the most in four minutes! We'll weigh the pies -- chocolate cream confections created by 222 Artisan Bakery! -- before and after to determine the winner. We have nine brave (and hopefully hungry!) participants representing organizations throughout the community! Our hearty contestants are:
🥧 Andrea Miracle, Edwardsville Ward 3 alderwoman
🥧 Tim Bell, manager of Lewis and Clark Community College's N.O. Nelson Campus
🥧 Janet Haroian, supervisor of Edwardsville Township (and a former Edwardsville alderwoman)
🥧 Michael Fillback, chief of the Edwardsville Police Department
🥧 Doug Thompson, commander of American Legion Post 199 Edwardsville
🥧 Mark Mayfield, assistant chief of the Edwardsville Fire Department
🥧 Sam Quigley Smith, Women's basketball coach at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
🥧 Tanner Alexander, trustee for Pin Oak Township and a City committee volunteer
🥧 Kendall Paulus, Women's volleyball coach at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Come watch the messy fun unfold and hang out for the rest of the fun activities: Food and beverage trucks (starting at 5:30 p.m.), a commemorative overhead group photo (at 6:20 and 25 seconds!), the pie contest (at 6:45 p.m.) and a fantastic Friday night concert at 8 p.m. featuring Mike Sonderegger Music and his Dueling Pianos!
We'll also have some fun, free lawn games out to play and a raffle (to benefit the Pantry) featuring hundreds of dollars in gift cards and items from our AMAZING 62025 businesses! Find all the details and the list of participating businesses at: cityofedwardsville.com/62025

06/18/2025

Meet Ace! Guess his favorite food and be entered in our drawing for a free snow cone or soda!
Ace is coming to the Edwardsville Fireworks display on July 5th at the American Legion in Edwardsville. It will be an evening of fun entertainment with two bands, yard games, reptile visiting center, food, and of course a meet and greet with Ace!
Reply with your guess on his favorite food below and we will enter you into our snow cone or soda drawing when you stop by the girl scout game area on the 5th!

06/18/2025

It’s 75 Cent WingsDay!!!

06/17/2025

Want to be a part of the Edwardsville July 4th Fireworks on Saturday July 5th? Contact us at [email protected] 618-656-9774

06/11/2025

Save the date! July 5th - Guess who is coming to visit us at the July 5th celebration!