Cook - Pinkney Post Number 141 received its name in honor of two Annapolis residents who served in the great war:

  Joseph Henry Cook was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1867 and was a resident of Annapolis.  He served as a Cabin Steward aboard the USS Machias which was a part of the Fleet Naval Reserve Force.  He died at sea aboard the USS Machias, in the service of his country, of heart failure on January 28, 1918.

  Wardell Pinkney was born in Annapolis, Maryland November 16, 1879.  He served as a Steerage Steward aboard the USS Des Moines, USS Wheeling and the USS Sacramento.  He died at sea aboard the USS Sacramento, in the service of his country, of valvular disease chronic cardiac on January 7, 1919.

  Annapolis!  A little history.  The original settlement in the area was on Greenbury Point, now mostly submerged by the Severn River.  It was called Providence and was established by Puritans seeking religious freedom in 1694.  In 1694 Governor Francis Nicholson redesigned a new capital city for the Province of Maryland to replace the original seat of government in St Mary's City.  Named to honor the future Queen Anne of England, Annapolis literally translates to "Anne's City."  On November 22, 1708, Governor John Seymour, acting in the name of Queen Anne, granted a charter to Annapolis, making it the oldest incoporated municipality in Maryland.

  At the close of the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress met in Annapolis to receive George Washington's resignation as Commander in Chief (December 23, 1783), and ratify the Treaty of Paris (January 1784).  It was during this period (November 1783 to August 1784) that the city served as capital of the newly formed United States of America.

  In view of its historical significance, the entire downtown district of Annnapolis was designated, in 1965, as a Registered National Historic District.  Today, visitors are able to visit the Maryland State House (built in 1772-1779), the oldest state capital still in legislative use: attend St John's College, the third oldest college in the U.S.: and tour the Naval Academy and the many historical homes and buildings in the city.  In addition to its historical significance.  Annapolis is considered by many to be the sailing capital of the East Coast.

The Post received its temporary charter on June 6, 1938 and permanent charter on March 6, 1939.  A supplemental charter incorporating the post was received on February 1, 1967.  The following are individuals listed as members on the charter:

Richard L. Brice

Fedmon Brown

Hinton Coates

Griffin R. Davis

John Diggs

Nathaniel Hall

Thomas W. Harris

William Harris

Arthur Jones

Frederick Mackeral

Louis McGowan

William H. Richardson

John Russel

Henry Spriggs

Clarence Turner

Gilford Wilson

Past Post Commanders

1937-40  William H. Richardson

1940-41  Clarence Turner

1941-43  Griffin R. Davis

1943-44  Richard L. Brice

1944-47  Thomas W. Harris

1947-48  Richite A. Chase

1948-49  John H. Green

1949-50  John A. Taylor

1950-51  W. Eugene Brown

1951-55  John H. Green

1955-59  Edward B. Notis

1959-60  Eddie B. Mitchell

1960-61  Fred Dejesus

1961-62  Melvin F. Wilson

1962-63  Alice Pinkney

1963-64  Philomelia A. Pinkney

1964-65  Phillip Garrett

1965-67  John A. Taylor

1967-70  James A. Anderson

1970-81  Rodney Jones

1981-82  Clement Ross

1982-85  James J. Peterson

1985-86  Samuel gilmer

1986-87  James H. Pindell Jr.

1987-88  Marion Wells

1992-94  Melvin Reynolds

1995-96  Gilford M. Parker

1996-97  Clinton S. Davis

1998-99  Dennis Mack

1999-01  Eric Pickett

2001-02  Clarence T. Brooker

2002-06  Lorenzon Turner

2006-08  Reginald Miller

2008-10  Elliott O. Phillips

2010-11  Robert A. Mays Jr.

2011-13  Reginald Jones

2013-14  Elliot O. Phillips

2014-15  Roger T. Morrow Sr.