Truly the Best Run American Post with the Best Leadership and the Nicest Members I've come across…read morein the Colorado Springs Area. Having experienced the other American Legion posts in the area over the years, I can easily say that the Members at this Post really live & understand the meaning of the words American Legion Family and run their Post according to the highest ideals of the Legion. They have a very informative website at www.Legion209.org with a large, active and just genuinely nice membership that makes you feel welcome and really appreciates your involvement & support. Always something wonderful going on at this post. Different members all working together with no one group thinking it's more important than the other. So Happy I transferred in, All American Legion's should run this well.

From the owner: Neal Thomas Jr. Centennial Post 209 in Colorado Springs is part of The American Legion, chartered…read moreby Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, veterans organization, devoted to mutual helpfulness and serving all veterans. It is a not-for-profit community-service organization which has 2 million members, men and women, in 14,000 American Legion posts worldwide. Members include veterans and active duty members of the US Army, US Navy, USMC, USAF, Coast Guard and Merchant Marines.

I have been coming to MHV for years. The people are so nice. Before or after a Bronco game, parking…read morefor a concert, it is so convenient. The people are so friendly and accommodating

I mean, it's a veteran club. It's not fancy nor is it brand new. You there are membership…read morerequirements to go in so it's an exclusive thing. I know they are in a perpetual fundraising cycle to improve the post but I'm sure that's most of the clubs. We have been a handful of times , mostly for Sunday breakfasts. It's reasonable prices and the food is ok. I've never had an issue with rude people or anything and I have never met the post commander. I've spoken to him on the phone a few times and he seems decent enough. If you qualify for membership, it's a nice outdoor venue for a party. We are having my daughter's graduation party and it's not over the top expensive to use for a few hours. We played bingo there yesterday and it was cheap enough. I've never been to a bingo hall and the last time I played bingo was almost 20 years ago at a church in Massachusetts. We are actually looking to be more visible at the place so I think I will be going quite a bit in the near future.

I have been to a few Legion Posts and to me this was probably the most dynamic with many monthly…read moreactivities, especially around the holidays. I ate different meals there - Saturday breakfast buffet, Weds burger night, and Friday Riders Steak, etc meal. All were restaurant quality in my opinion (okay, we don't eat out much at fancy restaurants) , -- as the cooks with their volunteer helpers all took pride in what they were doing. The great thing is it wasn't just a bunch of "old guys" like some of the other Posts, but it seems like they are getting a good amount of younger Veterans to balance out the place. Plus, I really liked their long list of volunteer / charity work. So I joined.

great organization! VSD helped me train my service dog. They are very helpful and there for their…read moreclients.

Since posting my review below yesterday after our appointment, a dog trainer Victory referred me to…read moreno-showed for a call today after already having read my application and saying she would love to work with us. No word at all from her. I believe I know what happened, but I'm not going to assume anything. We found a good trainer this evening. It's good that we didn't get in with Victory or the one they referred us to. ***************************************************************** I found Victory Service Dogs online and was grateful to get an evaluation for my Terrier who is a pretty small dog. I need him trained to fetch medication at home and on airplanes after my out-of-state medical treatments which are pretty painful. When we got to Victory, the trainer never introduced himself and acted like we were an inconvenience. He asked me my name but didn't bother to listen to me at all and verbally made a production out of spelling it on the form. My dog was in his playtime harness and was overwhelmed by the room he's never been to and overwhelming dog smells he could smell in the room. I took my dog to the car and put him in his travel harness which immediately calmed him down. When I walked back in, I heard the trainer telling a man in an office no to my dog. He hadn't done anything with us yet. When I explained what I needed, he dismissed us very quickly saying he has no idea how he would train my dog to fetch medication by the sound of an alarm or any other way. The trainer said Victory only trains for PTSD and anxiety and nothing else, contrary to everything on their website, a lot that require commands or the harder task of the dog knowing and sensing what is needed. I was just asking him to train my dog on how to follow a command or respond to a sound and bring medication to me. I even showed him the medication bottles, how light they are, and how my dog is able to carry them. This didn't matter. He was blowing us off and lying to me in the process. The trainer also said my dog needs behavior modification because my dog wouldn't greet him when he quickly kneeled down and stuck his hand in my dog's face and because my dog was not used to the room he was in with new smells. The trainer also said my dog would probably have problems being in a room with a bunch of other dogs. Of course my dog didn't say hi to him. I didn't want to be around this trainer at that point either. My dog never had the chance to get used to a stranger rapidly kneeling in front of him with his hand sticking out in his face. My dog knows when I'm anxious and doesn't respond to people he senses to be either unfriendly and abrupt which was this trainer. However, had the trainer even tried showing friendliness to my dog, my dog would've licked him to death. Also, during this time, another dog walked in and walked right past my dog. My dog sat quietly and just watched. My dog demonstrated comfort with the other dog being there which the trainer blew off and didn't acknowledge that my dog is fine with being in the room with other dogs. My anxiety and discomfort by this time was so high that I pretty much ran out of there with my dog. I couldn't even tell the trainer that I actually do suffer from anxiety and have for over a decade and was experiencing it at that time due to the trainer's attitude and behavior toward us. I didn't think he'd believe me at that point after the way he was treating us anyway. I am so very sorry I ever found Victory Dog Training and so very sorry I ever took my dog there.