Legion continues 75th anniversary celebration with cookout
The spring weather was dramatically different in Columbia City on April 12 this year compared to 75 years ago when city native Indiana Governor Ralph Gates broke ground for what would become American Legion Post 98, "The Legion Home on the Hill," overlooking DeVol Field on the city's west side. Post 98 observed the anniversary of the April 12,1948 groundbreaking with a cookout in appropriate 75 degree weather with Commander Stu Eve, right, and Sean Barb manning the grill. The year-long 75th Anniversary Celebration & Capital Campaign is continuing at Post 98.
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The black-and-white photo shows many clad in dress overcoats with Governor Gates in the foreground and, from left, Lawrence Mason, Abe Strouse, Robert Meyer, (unknown), John Lillich, Jimmy Manago, Benton Bloom, Sherm Kneller, Tressa Trout, Rose Simon, Walter Firestone, Hattie Whitman, (three women unidentified), Carl Beeson and 1945 Post 98 Commander Sam Galbreath.
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The spring weather was dramatically different in Columbia City on April 12 this year compared to 75 years ago when city native Indiana Governor Ralph Gates broke ground for what would become American Legion Post 98, "The Legion Home on the Hill," overlooking DeVol Field on the city's west side. Post 98 observed the anniversary of the April 12,1948 groundbreaking with a cookout in appropriate 75 degree weather with Commander Stu Eve, right, and Sean Barb manning the grill. The year-long 75th Anniversary Celebration & Capital Campaign is continuing at Post 98.
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The black-and-white photo shows many clad in dress overcoats with Governor Gates in the foreground and, from left, Lawrence Mason, Abe Strouse, Robert Meyer, (unknown), John Lillich, Jimmy Manago, Benton Bloom, Sherm Kneller, Tressa Trout, Rose Simon, Walter Firestone, Hattie Whitman, (three women unidentified), Carl Beeson and 1945 Post 98 Commander Sam Galbreath.
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