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Hanover police said the crash happened shortly after 7:35 p.m. Friday in the area of 104 King St., the address for American Legion Post 149, which is at the intersection of King, School and B streets.
The Wayne Miner American Legion Post 149—dedicated to Miner—is the second-oldest African-American legion in the nation, with over one-hundred members. [3] Miner also gave his name to the Wayne Miner Community Center and the Wayne Minor Court housing project, which was demolished in 1987. [4] [5]
The first post of the Legion, General John Joseph Pershing Post Number 1 in Washington, DC, was organized on March 7, 1919, and obtained the first charter issued to any Legion post on May 19, 1919. The St. Louis caucus that year decided that Legion posts should not be named after living persons, and the first post changed its name to George ...
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The establishment of the Sons of The American Legion as a non-political, no-sectarian civilian organization was authorized by the 14th National Convention of The American Legion on September 15, 1932, at Portland, Oregon. In 1939, the S.A.L. was riding the crest and had a numerical size of about seven percent as large as the parent organization.
[4] [5] The '149' number came from the former 149th Infantry Regiment. [6] When activated, the 149th included the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 123rd Armor , [ 7 ] 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry , [ 8 ] 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery , [ 9 ] Troop A of the 240th Cavalry , [ 10 ] the 103rd Support Battalion, [ 11 ] and the 207th Engineer ...
The American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) is a separate entity from the American Legion that shares the same values. It is composed of spouses, mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, granddaughters, grandsons, and brothers, & sisters of American war veterans. Founded in 1919, the ALA is dedicated to serving veterans, military, and their families.
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