The Legion Band was organized at Post 82 on March 7, 1930, by Arthur Leschke. There were 16 Legionnaires at the first meeting and the majority of them had no previous experience playing a musical instrument. The band made their first appearance in the auditorium of Millville High School on June 11, 1930. The Legion Band would go on to participate in hundreds of engagements, and win dozens of prizes and awards including the State American Legion Championship which they first won in 1938 and retained until 1948 when the band retired.

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