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The Forty and Eight was founded in March, 1920, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when World War I veteran Joseph Breen and 15 other members of The American Legion came together and organized it as an honor society for the Legion. They envisioned a new and different level of elite membership and camaraderie for leaders of the Legion.
Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References Orval Faubus: World War II Era: U.S. Army [citation needed]Mark Ferguson III: Gulf War Era: U.S. Navy [15]Hamilton Fish, Jr. World War I Era
The Black Legion expanded even more in Michigan than Ohio, reaching an estimated membership of 20,000 to 30,000 in the mid-1930s, with one third based in Detroit. They were later found to have been particularly influential in Highland Park, Michigan, with a mayor, chief of police, and city councilman as members, among many others. Their network ...
Vietnam War veteran Ronald E. Dull, a member of Harry Higgins Post 88, Ashland, has been named Ohio's Legionnaire of the Year for 2023. Vietnam War veteran Ronald E. Dull, a member of Harry ...
He is a member of the Minerva Local Education Association and served as its president from 2004-06 and 2014-21. ... His name was submitted to the Ohio Department of the American Legion District 10 ...
The head of an American Legion post in Ohio stepped down Friday amid criticism following the decision of Memorial Day ceremony organizers to turn off a retired U.S. Army officer's microphone while ...
The Paris Caucus. The American Legion was established in Paris, France, on March 15 to 17, 1919, by a thousand commissioned officers and enlisted men, delegates from all the units of the American Expeditionary Forces to an organization caucus meeting, which adopted a tentative constitution and selected the name "American Legion".
The Ohio American Legion officials who muted the mic of a Memorial Day speaker as he recounted the Black origins of the holiday have been kicked out of their respective organizations.