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22 | haddonfield.today#070 • APRIL 17 TO MAY 1, 20201919 • 2019HADDONFIELD POST 38Looking back on our 101-year historyOn March 15, 1919, shortly after the signing of the armistice that ended the GreatWar hostilities, about 1,000 members of the American Expeditionary Forces gatheredin Paris to discuss a proposal to form a national veterans’ association. During asecond meeting, in St. Louis in May, the group adopted a temporary constitution andagreed upon a name: The American Legion.In June 1919, a group of Haddonfield veterans, led by Carlton Webb, petitionedthe new national body for a charter to form a post of the Legion in Haddonfield.(More than 300 local men and women had served in the armed forces during thewar.) A temporary charter was issued on July 23, 1919 – one hundred and one yearsago this month – designating Haddonfield as Post #38 in New Jersey.The Post held its meetings in the Parish Hall of Grace Church for some months,then, with the aid of public subscriptions and a mortgage for $10,000, purchased andrenovated the building at the south-east corner of Kings Highway and Ellis Street(now Kings Court), formerly occupied by the Haddonfield Post Office. On December10, 1926, The American Legion granted the Post its permanent charter.As World War II drew to a close and thousands of local veterans returned home,it became clear that the Post’s premises could no longer meet its needs. The Postpurchased the Birdwood Club on Hawthorne Avenue for $30,000, and dedicated it onJuly 4, 1946. Post 38 rapidly became the largest post in Camden County, despite thefact that, unlike many posts, it did not have a bar. A mortgage-burning ceremony washeld on March 16, 1957. Major improvements were made to the building in 1971,following a lightning strike that damaged one-third of the auditorium ceiling.By the mid-1980s, the cost of maintaining itsexpansive headquarters had become a burden, andthe Post sold the property to a developer in 1988.(To acknowledge the site’s history, the newly createdstreet off Hawthorne Avenue was named LegionLane.) The Post acquired a building on TurnleyAvenue (parallel to Haddon Avenue, connectingRedman and Euclid) and on November 11, 1989– Veterans Day – Post 38’s new headquarters werededicated. Embedded in the base of the flagpole is apiece of granite from the original headquarters building, inscribed, “Dedicated to thepast commanders of Post #38.” The Borough renamed the street, Veterans Lane.The Four Pillars of the Legion are: Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation, NationalSecurity, Americanism, and Protecting our Children and Youth. Descriptions of thePost’s activities and projects are published in Haddonfield Today each month.● Post 38 meets on the second Monday of each month at 129 Veterans Lane, Haddonfield.To learn more about the Post, membership, programs, and benefits, please visitwww.HaddonfieldPost38.org or call Joe McElroy at 856-429-8644.16 S. Haddon Avenue, Haddonfield856-795-0500www.sicilianolaw.com
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