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American Legion Post 44
History :
After the Paris Caucus in March 1919, interest in forming a Legion Post in Barbour County generated into the chartering of Barbour County Post #44 on September 29, 1919. During the early 1920's meetings were held every Friday evening at 8:00 on the third floor of the old People's Bank Building. The current Post Home at 44 S Main Street, Philippi, was purchased from Rezin Chrislep, on November 11, 1946. It has been the annual practice of post members to honor the deceased veterans from World War I to the present. Currently over 1500 deceased veterans' graves are being decorated each Memorial Day in forty-five cemeteries in the county. The post, with the help of Auxiliary Members and Boy Scouts and other volunteers, place poles and burial flags of veterans of veterans in an Avenue of Flags at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. We also conduct a Memorial Day Program each year at the Mt Vernon Cemetery.
The Post sponsored and erected the Soldiers Memorial on the Barbour County Court House Square. It was unveiled on Sunday, November 11, 1923, after a parade of a quarter of a mile up Main Street. It was probably the first Veterans' Day Parade in Barbour County. This "Soldiers Memorial" was repaired with memorial plaques added on Memorial Day 1978, Sponsored by Joe Cannon, with Blonda Hollen, Jr., serving as co-chairman for the Restoration Committee.
The 50th Anniversary of Post #44 was held on March 27, 1969. At that time the Post had forty active World War I veterans as members. By 1978 World War I veterans were down to just twenty-five. As of the year 2000 we had no World War I veterans in membership. On July 20, 1989, the Post accepted the bandstand and Korean Memorial from the county Commission, dedicated to our county Korean War Veterans, also on the Barbour County Court House Square. On May 25, 1987, the Barbour County Vietnam Veterans Park was developed and dedicated through the efforts of the Post and others. We feel that the Post Home is a LIVING MEMORIAL to the DECEASED AMERICAN LEGION VETERANS of BARBOUR COUNTY, plaques containing the names of past commanders and former Legion members grace the walls of our meeting hall. We have a long history as an active community service Post
After the Paris Caucus in March 1919, interest in forming a Legion Post in Barbour County generated into the chartering of Barbour County Post #44 on September 29, 1919. During the early 1920's meetings were held every Friday evening at 8:00 on the third floor of the old People's Bank Building. The current Post Home at 44 S Main Street, Philippi, was purchased from Rezin Chrislep, on November 11, 1946. It has been the annual practice of post members to honor the deceased veterans from World War I to the present. Currently over 1500 deceased veterans' graves are being decorated each Memorial Day in forty-five cemeteries in the county. The post, with the help of Auxiliary Members and Boy Scouts and other volunteers, place poles and burial flags of veterans of veterans in an Avenue of Flags at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. We also conduct a Memorial Day Program each year at the Mt Vernon Cemetery.
The Post sponsored and erected the Soldiers Memorial on the Barbour County Court House Square. It was unveiled on Sunday, November 11, 1923, after a parade of a quarter of a mile up Main Street. It was probably the first Veterans' Day Parade in Barbour County. This "Soldiers Memorial" was repaired with memorial plaques added on Memorial Day 1978, Sponsored by Joe Cannon, with Blonda Hollen, Jr., serving as co-chairman for the Restoration Committee.
The 50th Anniversary of Post #44 was held on March 27, 1969. At that time the Post had forty active World War I veterans as members. By 1978 World War I veterans were down to just twenty-five. As of the year 2000 we had no World War I veterans in membership. On July 20, 1989, the Post accepted the bandstand and Korean Memorial from the county Commission, dedicated to our county Korean War Veterans, also on the Barbour County Court House Square. On May 25, 1987, the Barbour County Vietnam Veterans Park was developed and dedicated through the efforts of the Post and others. We feel that the Post Home is a LIVING MEMORIAL to the DECEASED AMERICAN LEGION VETERANS of BARBOUR COUNTY, plaques containing the names of past commanders and former Legion members grace the walls of our meeting hall. We have a long history as an active community service Post