A Brief History
May 1, 2017
American legion Post 1, located in Laconia, New Hampshire, was originally chartered as Frank W.Wilkins Post 1. SSG Wilkins was the first native son of Laconia to be killed during The Great War. While repairing telegraph lines SSG Wilkins swerved his motorcycle to avoid striking a young girl who was herding sheep in the road. In doing so he crashed his motorcycle resulting in a severly broken leg.Gasoline from the ruptured tank entered the open..