Tipton County IN Archives Military Records.....The American Legion 
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The American Legion
THE AMERICAN LEGION

    "To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to
maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one-hundred per cent Americanism;
to preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the Great War; to
inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation, to
make right the master of might; to promote peace and good will on earth; to
safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and
democracy; to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual
helpfulness."

    Thus reads the preamble to the temporary constitution of the American Legion.
Early in 1919 several officers and men from every division in France met in Paris
and started the movement towards the organization of the American Legion. In May
1919 the temporary organization was perfected in St. Louis.

    The local post was organized August 29, 1919, with 133 charter members and is
known as the Charles Sturdivant Post No. 46. The following officers were selected:
Chairman, Cleon Wade Mount; Vice-chairman, Frank Russell; Secretary-treasurer, Glen
Whisler. In October 1919, the Raymond Landon Post was organized at Windfall with Dr.
B. V. Chance, chairman, Glen Francis, vice-chairman and Loyd Landon, secretary.


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THE HISTORY OF TIPTON COUNTY, INDIANA IN THE WORLD WAR

Compiled and Edited by EBERT ALLISON
THE  DAILY TRIBUNE TIPTON,  INDIANA

Undated, but circa 1920

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