About the Post
Serving Granite Ridge since 1948
Chartered in 1948 by men coming home from one war, and kept open since by the ones who came home from every war after it.
Our members served in every conflict from Vietnam to the present day. The post has been at the same address on Quarry Road for more than seventy-five years, and in that time it has been a meeting hall, a polling place, a wedding venue, a disaster shelter and — most weeks — somewhere to sit down with people who do not need anything explained to them.
The post home
Our building at 1142 Quarry Road has a canteen, a meeting hall that seats 180 at tables, and a full kitchen. The canteen is open to members and their accompanied guests. The hall is available to rent, and community groups are quoted at cost — ask the Quartermaster.
Meeting hall
180 seated at tables, 240 theatre-style. Tables, chairs, linens and setup included.
Canteen
Open Wednesday to Sunday. Friday fish fry from 1700 until it runs out.
How we are organised
The membership elects a Commander, a Senior and Junior Vice Commander, a Quartermaster and three Trustees. The Commander appoints the Adjutant, Chaplain, Judge Advocate, Surgeon, Service Officer and Officer of the Day. Trustees serve three-year terms, staggered so one rotates off each year and there is always someone on the board who remembers last year.
The Auxiliary is a separate organisation with its own elected officers and its own programs, run alongside the post rather than under it.
Meetings
Second Tuesday of every month at 1900 in the main hall. The agenda is posted a week prior; if you want something added, get it to the Adjutant by the Friday before.
