Custom American Legion Post Website: Post 29 Marietta Case Study

A lot of American Legion posts search for the same thing: a website that can take membership applications, hall rental requests, event sign-ups, and dues without the adjutant living in email.

This is a case study of the custom American Legion post website we built for American Legion Horace Orr Post 29 in Marietta, Georgia (Cobb County). If you run a post and you are tired of Wix, a Facebook page, or a Legion template that cannot do dues, this is what “done right” looks like.

Live example: post29marietta.org

HH6 Influential is a veteran-owned web studio. We design and host custom sites for American Legion posts, veteran charities, and memorial races — then we stay on the work after launch.

What does a working Legion post website need to do?

If you have ever sat through a meeting about “the website,” you already know the list.

Members and the public need one place to learn about the post, join, rent the hall, see the calendar, and give. Officers need membership, Auxiliary, Sons of the American Legion, Riders, and youth programs in one system — not five logins. Applications have to land somewhere you can find them. Dues and donations cannot live in a separate tool from the form.

That is what Post 29 needed. It is what most posts need. A pretty homepage is not the job.

Why Post 29 left Wix and spreadsheets

Horace Orr Post 29 has been in Marietta since 1919. The post was busy. The old setup was not.

They were on Wix, a mailing list, and spreadsheets. Joining, hall rental, event entries, dues, and donations each lived in a slightly different place. Officers were the glue. That works for a month. It does not work every year, and it does not work the week of the Veterans Day Parade.

A packaged LegionSites-style template can get a post online. It usually falls apart once you need real membership, hall rental, events, and more than one program. We build those things into the site.

What we built for American Legion Post 29

The public site is the post, in one spot, and it works on a phone.

• Program pages for Legion, Auxiliary, SAL, Riders, and Youth
• Online applications for membership, hall rental, and events (including parade entries)
• Applicant confirmations when the post wants the person who applied to get a proper reply
• Dues, donations, and event payments in the same checkout as the form
• Calendar, blog, newsletter, and photo gallery officers can update themselves
• A dashboard for officers, not developers — submissions, contacts, and the switches for programs

We walk the commander and adjutant through it. You do not need a 40-page manual. We also stay: hosting, fixes, the next form, the next event. A Legion post website is not something you launch and abandon before Veterans Day.

Results (without publishing the post’s books)

We will not post member counts or what came through the door. Other commanders would not want us leaking theirs either.

What changed for Post 29:

• The website is no longer Wix + a mailing list + spreadsheets
• Applications show up in one inbox instead of forwarded email
• Payments sit with the thing someone paid for
• Officers can run a normal week without calling a webmaster
• New events and forms get added to the same site — no second vendor

That is the outcome most posts are actually searching for: less hunting, a site that looks like the organization, and a price a finance officer can live with.

5-star review from the Post 29 commander

Russell Wood, commander of American Legion Post 29, left HH6 Influential a 5.0 Google review:

“Zac and his team are great. They completely transformed our online experience and our social media impact has soared. Good people providing great service at a fair price.”

If you are comparing agencies, that is the sentence other posts care about: the site works, the social matches it, and the number was fair.

How much does a custom American Legion website cost?

Less than a big agency, and a lot more solid than a free template. We price for local posts and veteran nonprofits. Military and Legion leadership get 10% off. You get a written scope, timeline, and price before we start. No surprise bills.

We are based in the Atlanta area and already work in Marietta and Cobb County. We also work with posts anywhere in the U.S.

Frequently asked questions

Do you build websites for American Legion posts?

Yes. Post 29 in Marietta is the full example: membership, hall rental, events, programs, payments, and an officer dashboard. That is the work we want more of.

Is this different from LegionSites or other Legion templates?

Yes. A template can publish a homepage. It rarely handles dues, hall rental, parade applications, and four family organizations without duct tape. We build those into a custom site and stay on hosting and updates.

Can you take dues and donations on the website?

Yes. Membership dues, donations, and event-related payments can run through the site so the form and the money are not in two places.

Can you manage Facebook and social media too?

Yes. Post 29’s commander called out the social media impact in his review. The website and the pages should sound like the same post. We can run both.

We are not in Georgia. Can you still help?

Yes. A lot of our veteran work is in Marietta and Cobb, but we work with posts, auxiliaries, foundations, and races nationwide.

How much of our time does this take?

As little as you can spare. You tell us how the post runs and sign off on the plan. We do the build, then walk officers through it.

If you searched for an American Legion website builder

You are in the right place. Look at Post 29’s live site, read how we work with veteran organizations, and ask for a quote.

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