Post 88 Caruthersville, MO, Missouri

Post 88

Caruthersville, MO, Missouri

Post 88 Caruthersville, MO, Missouri

About This Post

Post Namesake

Established 5.31.1919, Chartered 9.22.1919 as ”Pierre S Phillips Post 88” for Caruthersville Officer who died overseas. Later changed to “Pemiscot County Post 88” to be more inclusive for the county.

HISTORY

1910

Post 88 Established in Caruthersville, MO

May 31, 1919

May 31st, 1919 at 2:30 PM, war-weary soldiers met at the Pemiscot County Courthouse in Caruthersville to form Post 88.


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