Post 1038 Valhalla, New York
Post 1038
Valhalla, New York
About This Post
Post Namesake
We are a WWI Post, also known as the Great War and with a rich history of military service. The first World War started and America entered the war in 1917. A local, young and patriotic son of the nearby Pfister family, Adolph Pfister, joined the U.S. Navy. Many of his local friends also joined the military around that time. He was just 17 when the war started. He served on the U.S.S. Nashville. A very short time after, he died while in servce for our country at the young age of 19. Local Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard war veterans came home to restart their lives in Valhalla and Westchester County from the first World War, but Adolph Pfister did not. He was still active duty when he came home to die. The 21 local war veterans soon wanted to form a new American Legion Post in his honor and in their newly named village of Valhalla. The American Legion Adolph Pfister Post 1038 was chartered in 1931 and named in honor of Adolph Pfister, as this very young U.S. Navy Seaman lost his life serving our country while in the U.S. Navy.
Our Post is also dedicated to the memory of three other local men who died in service to our country: William Pfleiderer, Jr. and Albert A. Cesari (WWII) and Wayne Johanson (Vietnam). The families of all of these four men played important roles in the Valhalla community. We continue this tradion of honoring military service of the many men and women, by paying forward our Post 1038 and all that it does, for all the verterans to come and join our Post, now and into the future. For God and Country, John J. Creskey, Commander, American Legion Adolph Pfister Post 1038, March 15, 2019
Notable Members
Karl A. Pfister Jr., U.S. Army Vietnam veteran, nephew of Adolph Pfister, U.S. Navy after WWI and name sake of Post 1038
What Makes this Post Unique
Twenty one (21) local WWI veterans came home to Valhalla from the war and soon started this Post 1038. Their local friend Adolph Pfister, Seaman, U.S. Navy did not. In his honor, the new American Legion Post 1038 will forever be in his name.
Photos
American Legion Post 1038 Charter on June 16, 1931 to World War II Events
Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony Photos 2010 - 2017
Valhalla American Legion Adolph Pfister Post 1038
Veterans Day 2017 - Valhalla, NY
VA Montrose Food Pantry Drive - ShopRite Thornwood, NY - Dec. 2-3, 2017
99th Anniversary Celebration and St. Patricks's Day Dinner 2018
2018 Photos at Post 1038
VA Montrose Food Pantry Drive 2018 - American Legion Post 1038
90th Anniversary of the American Legion Adolph Pfister Post 1038
HISTORY
1930
November 11, 1919 - The End of World War One
Jun 15, 1931
We are a WWI Post! Many local WWI Veterans lived in the area of newly named vilage of Valhalla, previously called Kensico Station, before the second big Kensico Dam was built. Our Post, the American Legion Adolph Pfister Post 1038 was chartered in 1931 by 21 veterans and is named after a local U.S. Navy seaman that lost his life in 1919, because of his service during WWI. The Pfister family..
American Legion Adolph Pfister Post 1038 Charter
Jun 18, 1931
The World War (WWI) veterans of our community started the American Legion Post 1038. Their local friend Adoph Pfister U.S. Navy Seaman died because of his service during the war, and he became the name sake of their new American Legion Post in 1931. It was not called WWI at the time, rather until WWII started,
We are a WWI Post. Local son, Adolph Pfister, served in the U.S. Navy. Valhalla American Legion Adolph Pfister Post..
