STATEMENT OF THE MILITARY SERVICE OF HAROLD W. W. STEADMAN The official records show that Harold W. W. Steadman, Army Serial Number 1,283,797, a resident of Brunswick, MD enlisted August 2, 1917, at Frederick , MD for Company A, 1st Infantry, Maryland National Guard, in Federal Service, which organization subsequently was redesginated Company A, 115th Infantry; left the United States for foreign service June 15, 1918; participated in the Center Defensive Sector and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, and died October 14, 1918, at Evacuation Hospital #8, American Expeditionary Forces of wounds received in action, while serving as a corporal, Company A, 115th Infantry. This official statement of service furnished December 5, 1938, to George W. Martin, Commander, Steadman-Keenan Post No. 96, The American Legion, 24 South Maple Avenue, Brunswick, Maryland. By authority of the Secretary of War. E.S. Adams Major General, The Adjutant General STATEMENT OF THE MILITARY SERVICE OF ALVEY D. KEENAN The official records show that Alvey D. Keenan, Army Serial Number 1,781,276, a resident of Brunswick, Maryland, was inducted in to the military service September 26, 1917, at Frederick, Maryland; left the United States for foreign service July 8, 1918; served as a corporal with Company L, 313th Infantry; participated in the Avocourt Defensive Sector and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and was killed in action September 29, 1918. This official statement of service furnished December 5, 1938, to George W. Martin, Commander, Steadman-Keenan Post No. 96, The American Legion, 24 South Maple Avenue, Brunswick, Maryland. By authority of the Secretary of War. E.S. Adams Major General, The Adjutant General

The American Legion Post 96 was established January 26, 1929 with 16 charter members by the town (now city) of Brunswick’s veterans. The ground on which our Post stands proudly today, was the temporary headquarters of Major General Alfred Pleasanton in 1863, during the War Between the States, while he prepared to pursue General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia across the Potomac River following the Battle of Gettysburg.  It is reported that General George Armstrong Custer met with Pleasanton here as well.  Confederate prisoners were also confined and questioned on the site. 

The first meetings of Post 96 were held in Elias Flynn’s barber shop located about where the lower Legion driveway meets South Maple Avenue. In 1931, Post 96 and Brunswick held its first “Armistice Day Ceremony and Parade.”   With the only exception of one year during World War II, our Parade (which become Veteran’s Day Parade in 1954) has been held annually, 2015 being its 83rd year, the longest standing parade in Maryland to honor our veterans. The year 2004 was not a good one for Post 96.  The roof of our facility collapsed following a major snowstorm and as a result, Post 96 experienced a period of decline in interest and membership. While in receivership, the year 2011 brought with it a new breath of life for the Post!    With the demise of Post 96 at hand, Brunswick’s veterans, both men and women, stepped in and did what was necessary to save our organization.  Today, our Post, is one of the most successful and vibrant Posts not only in the state of Maryland, we are being noticed at the National level of the American Legion as well. Today American Legion Steadman-Keenan Post 96, Brunswick, Maryland stands tall and proud—ready to serve our past, present and future veterans as well as to serve the community of Brunswick.