Earle F. Howe was the first soldier from Ware, Massachusetts to be killed in action in World War I.  He was 18 years old and served in the U.S. Army, Company K 104th Regiment, 26 Yankee Infantry Division.

April 8, 1918 - Earle F. Howe, US Army Company K 104th Regiment.  He was 18 years old.

June 25, 1918 - Henry West, US Marine Corps, Company M 5th Regiment.  Age unknown.

July 1, 1918 - Raymond E. Parsons, US Army, Company L 104th Regiment.  Age unknown.

October 3, 1918 - Arthur Burube, died at Fort Dix, New Jersey.  Age unknown.

October 8, 1918 - Fred W. Sharpe - Ambulance Company, 3rd Division.  Age unknown.

October 10, 1918 -..

The American Legion was founded in Paris on March 15-17, 1919 by combat and service units of the American Expeditionary Force.  The U.S. Congress granted the group a national charter on September 16, 1919.

The Ware American Legion Post was chartered on July 17, 1920 as the Earle F. Howe American Legion Post 123.  It's first Commander was John B. West.

Town meetings held in 1924 and 1925 voted down $12,000 to erect a building for the American Legion.

In 1926, Dr. and Mrs. Jolliffe of Ware offered a gift of land on Maple Street where the American Legion is presently located.  In a deed dated September 27, 1926 it was stipulated that:  "THE PREMISES SHALL BE FOREVER USED AND AT ALL TIMES KEPT AND MAINTAINED AVAILABLE FOR USE AS A MEMORIAL TO SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES,..

Post Commander - John Goulette

First Vice Commander - Peter Ligawiec

Second Vice Commander - Tony Dubois

Adjutant - Steven Butcher

Finance Officer - Paul Beauregard

Historian/Americanization - Richard Rucki

Chaplain - William Dugan

Service Officer - Michael Lloyd

Sergeant-at-Arms - William McCrystal

Judge Advocate - John Boronski

Executive Committee - Denis Madigan, Michael Kutt, Robert Whitcomb