Getting started

The year was 1956 the place Houghs Neck, Massachusetts. The unconditional surrender of Japan had put an end of World War II eleven years earlier and the Armistice between North and South Korea had been just three years previous. Although there were many full time "Neckers", Houghs Neck was in full swing of its metamorphosis in converting the many summer cottages into year round residences.

During the pervious winter of 1955 there had been a discussion amongst the veterans of Houghs Neck to form an American Legion Post. The American Legion, National Organization, was chartered in 1919 and was but a mere 36 years old at the time.

Although the facts are scarce documents do show that there was actually a Houghs neck American Legion Post formed a number of years earlier, but it never really took hold and folded in a few short months. This time things were going to be different.

On May of 1956, seventy three veterans, seventy two men and one woman, most of them residents of Houghs Neck, became chartered members of Houghs Neck Post, Department of Massachusetts, Number 380.