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Riverbend is also home to the Columbus chapter of The American Legion. The Legion is dedicated to providing temporary financial assistance to veterans. The Legion itself was chartered in 1919 by veterans. Nationwide, The Legion has over 2.4 million active members, with 14,000 locations throughout the country.
There was also a board of directors. At the 13th Supreme Lodge held in Omaha, Nebraska, Sept. 27–9, 1920, the American Experience Mortality table was adopted and a juvenile department was created which insured children 2–16 years of age.
Knights of Pythias Lodge (South Bend, Indiana) 1922 built 1985 NRHP-listed 224 W. Jefferson: South Bend, Indiana: Chicago architecture, Classical Revival architecture [1] 11: Palace Lodge: 1892 built 1984 NRHP-listed
American Legion Building, Garden City, Kansas, photographed by John Margolies in 1979 American Legion Post and Masonic lodge, Paso Robles, California, 1977 American Legion, San Antonio, Texas, 1982. As the new veterans returned home, membership soared to 3.3 million in 1946, triple the prewar number.
American Legion Post No. 512: City of Carmel-by-the-Sea: Dolores and 8th street: California: The American Legion Post No. 512, is a historic meeting hall at Dolores and 8th street in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. 18: American Legion Post 43: 1929 built LAHCM listed 1989 2035 North Highland Ave. Hollywood, California
The lodge became active in the mid-18th century, and its founders were identified as instrumental to the Underground Railroad efforts in Central Ohio and the Midwest region during the Proceedings of the State Convention of Colored Men held in 1856. In early 1919, the current site of the temple was selected; it was purchased on July 28, 1920.
One of the founders of the American Legion. [10] Hiram Gregory Berry (1824–1863), American politician and general in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. Member of Aurora Lodge No. 50, Rockland, Maine. [10] Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose (1909–1995), British newspaperman and member of the Apollo University Lodge [12]
York Lodge 563 finally broke this trend, becoming the first northern lodge to last more than a short time. When their strength had grown to the point that they could construct their own lodge building, they contracted with the architectural firm of Stribling and Lum to design the present building, which was completed in 1915. [2]