Burton Woolery was a well-known stone operator. He graduated from Bloomington High School and enrolled at Indiana University in 1917, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. When WW1 broke out he was a freshman at Indiana University and he enlisted in the service to his country. He served with Battery F of 150th Field Artillery, 42nd Rainbow Division. Sergeant Woolery was the first WW1 casualty from Monroe County to be killed on foreign soil. He was killed instantly near a small place, Esperance Ferme in France on July 29, 1918 in the afternoon. All four guns were in position and he was the Sergeant in charge of the 4th gun as he was yards away a shell whistled in and killed him. He was buried just behind the gun position where his remains stayed until 1921.
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Paul V. McNutt Bob Holland Jimmy Walker Jim May Edna "Sarge" Hardacre
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American Legion Convention 1939
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HISTORY
1910
Burton Woolery gets its charter
Jul 9, 1919 Post 18's charter was approved in the temporary American Legion Headquarters at New York, New York.
Oct 1, 1926 Became a member of Bloomington's post in 1919 October 1925 McNutt elected post commander Marion, Indiana, in August 1926 Paul McNutt's Legion history can be found with this Story
Aug 25, 1951 Our first regular meeting space was a rented room in 1926 over the Princess Theatre. This location was first purchased in 1929 served us well for 20 years until this remodel.