![Meeting to Arrange for a Branch of the American Legion](https://centennial.legion.org/sites/centennial/files/event/19190702Legion_0.jpg)
The July 2, 1919 edition of the Red Bank Register reported that "A meeting was held at Freehold Friday night to arrange for the organization of a branch of the American Legion at that place. This organization is similar to the Grand Army and is composed of veterans of the world war."