Post 50 Lansing, Iowa

Post 50

Lansing, Iowa

Post 50 Lansing, Iowa

About This Post

Post Namesake
Beck Strong Glynn Post 50: William Beck, Robert Strong, George Glynn
Notable Members

First officers of Post 50: Carl F. Bechtel, William H. Kehr, Albert C. Kehr, L.T. Krebs, READ MORE

What Makes this Post Unique

Lansing's  one-of-a-kind, 50-some-acre Mt. Hosmer Veteran's Memorial Park was created through Post 50 of the Iowa department of the American Legion in 1922. The park is now a major draw for visitors to Lansing with its beautiful overlook of the ... READ MORE

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HISTORY

1910

Founders of Lansing Post 50

Jun 6, 1919

Fifteen men who returned to Lansing, Iowa, after WWI petitioned to establish Lansing Post 50 of the newly created American Legion. A temporary charter was issued to the Lansing group on June 6, 1919.

WILLIAM EBEN ALBERT JR. was born in 1899 in Pepin, Wisconsin. He served in the Student..

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Founders of Lansing Post 50

1920

Beautiful blufftop veterans memorial created

Beautiful blufftop veterans memorial created

Jul 3, 1922

Lansing chose to honor her military veterans in the unique setting of a bluff-top park overlooking a sweeping turn in the Mississippi River and the town itself. According to the Iowa Legionnaire on July 3, 1922: “Some places show their appreciation of the valor of the boys by building memorial halls, arches or community club houses..

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1940

Gaunitz becomes Iowa commander

Mar 1942

In March 1942 Harold W. Gaunitz, shown here* with his wife Ethel, took on the duties of commander of the Iowa department of the American Legion, filling out the term of Thomas H. Tracey of Manchester, who had re-entered the army. No one had served Lansing’s Post No. 50 of the American Legion longer or more devotedly than Gaunitz. He..

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Gaunitz becomes Iowa commander

1950

The Five Peters Brothers, Every One a Marine

The Five Peters Brothers, Every One a Marine

Jan 1, 1957

In what must be a rare occurrence among Iowa families,five brothers in the Peters family of Lansing, Iowa, served in the U.S. military for a combined total of seven decades. Three became career military men and four became members of the American Legion. One survives and is still a driving force behind the activities of Lansing’s Post 50.

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