The opinions or views expressed on the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Inc. (LGAR) social media platforms, including, but not limited to, blogs, Facebook and Twitter pages, or other social media sites represent the thoughts of individual users and online communities, and not necessarily those of the LGAR or any of its corporate partners, affiliates or any of their respective directors, officers, members of its respective board of directors. The opinions and views expressed on these pages, or private interviews, do not in any way reflect the views of the site or other media they are posted on, shared with, other sites affiliated with the site, the LGAR staff involved with maintaining the site, or any members of the site. By submitting content (defined as materials, advice, representations, opinions and views) to any of LGAR’s social media sites, platforms, or other media outlet you understand and acknowledge that this information is available to the public, and that you are allowing the LGAR, and its subsidiaries, to have a permanent right to use your comments for the LGAR business purposes including but not limited to internal and external promotions. This could include using, republishing, reproducing, distributing, changing or displaying the comments across the LGAR brand and other websites without restriction from time of submission in perpetuity.

The LGAR:

• Does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of information contained on a linked website. Content is provided “AS IS.”
• Does not endorse the organizations sponsoring linked websites or the views they express or the products/services they offer.
• Cannot and does not authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked websites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked website. You must obtain consent from every identifiable person who appears in your posted materials or post in a manner in which faces are blurred.

While the LGAR makes reasonable efforts to monitor and moderate content posted on its social media platforms, neither the LGAR nor its employees or other affiliated individuals have the ability to moderate all comments at all times and cannot always respond immediately to online requests for information. The LGAR reserves the sole right to review, edit and/or delete any comments it deems inappropriate. Comments including, but not limited to, the following may be deleted or edited if deemed inappropriate or irrelevant by the moderators:

•   Abusive or hurtful comments about a user or another participant
•   Off-topic and redundant comments (this includes promotion or solicitation of events, groups, pages, websites, organizations, products and programs not related to or affiliated with the LGAR)
• Comments that use foul language or “hate speech” (for example, including but not limited to racial, ethnic or gender-bashing language)
• Personal attacks or defamatory statements or comments (i.e., making negative personal, speculative or untrue comments about a participant), instead of just criticizing his/her posting, opinion or comments
• Comments that violate the privacy of any individual
• Comments that are derogatory characterizations of any ethnic, racial, gender, professional, age or religious groups
• Content that defames, misrepresents or contains disparaging remarks about other people, products or companies
• Comments that suggest or encourage illegal activity
• Comments that reference any claims or share personal, account or policy information
• Comments or links to sites that contain viruses or malicious software

All links to external websites found linked from the LGAR social media sites are provided as a service and convenience to readers. We make no representation concerning the content, quality, timeliness, safety or suitability of their contents, nor are we liable for the content or availability of external websites. The LGAR and its subsidiaries make no endorsement, expressed or implied, to any hypertext links, and as such are not responsible for the content of external web sites.

You participate at your own risk, and are responsible for the content you post and all activity that occurs under your accounts. Do not misrepresent yourself or take on the identity of someone else while using this social media platform. If you do not wish to have the information you have made available via a site used, published, copied and/or reprinted in social media or The Bugle Call please do not post on our pages or submit comments or feedback.

If another party makes a claim against the LGAR that is related to the comments you submit, or to your use of our media services, you agree to indemnify and hold the LGAR, each of its subsidiaries, officers, agents, employees, partners and licensors harmless from those claims or demands.

No communication to the LGAR through this social media shall be deemed to constitute legal or official notice for any purpose.

The views and opinions expressed by members of The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Inc. and its subsidiaries (LGAR) are those of the aforesaid member and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the LGAR.

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