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07/16/2025
Your American Legion Post No 47 delegates hanging out at the welcoming reception for the 107th Maryland American Legion convention in Ocean City. Been a great day of classes. Looking forward to the ceremonies and business meetings the rest of the week.
07/14/2025
Reminder: Brian Rutherford has your dinner covered tonight, Monday!
07/13/2025
Got Henry McKenna 10yr BIB in this week! Come and check out our rather extensive whisk(e)y selection some time. Guaranteed best prices around!
07/13/2025
Great job, team, getting the back of the building painted. Next step will be the sun sail installation within the next two weeks. Making the Post look better, one project at a time!
07/12/2025
Sara and the Igniters, live tonight in the Lounge from 7pm-11pm. Bring your dancing shoes. Come early for dinner and to get a good seat. Still got some chef's specials available as well as the regular menu. See you soon!
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At the Paris Caucus, which opened on March 15, 1919, over six hundred men from many different organizations, both enlisted and commissioned, entered deliberations, out of which was born The American Legion. Out of the six hundred plus attendees, at least eleven have been positively identified as Marylanders.
Following the Paris Caucus, a second caucus was held - this time, in St. Louis, Missouri, under the leadership of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Col. Roosevelt had been in communication with James A. Gary, Jr. regarding representation from the state of Maryland. Mr. Gary contacted H. Findlay French, J. Craig McLanahan, and Henry S. Barrett. These four met at the Merchants Club and worked out the plans for preliminary organization and representation at the St. Louis Caucus. The delegation would consist of 15 men, 60% of whom were required to be of the enlisted ranks. The delegates named James A. Garym, Jr. as State Chairman. Unfortunately, business pressures prevented Mr. Garym from attending the St. Louis Caucus, so H. Findlay French acted as Chairman of the delegation at the caucus.
Upon the delegation's return from the St. Louis Caucus, a meeting was held in which all veterans were invited and a temporary organization was set up. A Charter was issued to the Department of Maryland by the National Headquarters, then in New York, on May 24, 1919, as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time veterans organization.
The American Legion, Department of Maryland is a community-service organization which now numbers nearly 81,000 members -- men and women -- in 157 American Legion Posts throughout the state of Maryland. These posts range in size from 15 members to over 4,700 members in a given post.