The year was 1919. The war had ended the previous fall, and the lads were returning to their homes in the village and township of Farmington. They were now veterans of World War One. A new organization was growing across the land. The American Legion. Some of these men wanted to belong, and so they joined the first American Legion Post in the State of Michigan; the Charles A. Larned Post #1 in the City of Detroit. 50 years ago it was an arduous task to attend meetings that distant, therefore, those who had joined the Detroit Post got together with other interested veterans in the community and decided to form a Post of their own. A meeting for this purpose was called on June 23, 1922. The village officials donated the east end of the Water Works Building in which to conduct this meeting. The building was located on Liberty Street, just south of the site of the present City Hall.
