A letter from Theodore Roosevel to the A.E.F.

news paper article for Gerald E. Taylor 

Certificate of death Glenn A Fuller signed by the Adjutant General of the Army on December 11, 1919

Glenn A Fuller 24 years of age and a resident of the village of Central Square died at Briey France January 9th, 1919.. Fuller was shot during the performance of his duty post Armistice.  

this is the original application for a Post Charter dated May 8, 1920 with the signatures of the charter members.

this is the original (temporary???) charter that was dated May 24th, 1920.  

First Commander of Fuller - Taylor Post 915 in Central Square, New York

George Traub  Medic US Army1920-1921

George Perfield PVT US Marines 1922

Evo Matthys 1923,1932,1933,1943

Harold Crabtree 1924,1925,1941

George Whaley 1926, 1927

Olin Hoyt 1928, 1929

Clarence Henderson 1930,1931,1934,1935

Walter Westcott 1936-1937

Howard Thompson 1938,1939, 1942

Harold Boots 1940

Howard Jennings 1944

Seward Haines 1945

Jack slater 1946

Jack Cronk 1947

Arthur Revoir 1948

Carl Wescott 1951 , 1964

Seward Haines 1951 County Commander

Earl Bettinger 1952

Emiel Scheemaker 1953

Ralph F Boots 1954

Wilbert E Lewis 1955

Herbert Penoyer 1956

Charles Allmon 1957

Edmund Scheemaker 1957

Carl D Johnson 1958

Howard Rio 1959

Harold Alexander 1960

Carl M Wescott 1960 County Commander

Gerald Sheldon 1961

Leonard..

Charter member Olin Hoyt

Post Commander 1928 -1929

George Traub

J.S. Morris

W.T. Rollo

Harold Vrooman

Earl J. Lynch

Earl Landers

Harry Rice

Olin Hoyt

Perry Van der meid

George Perfield

Lorenzo Snell

George Whaley

Steven Farnett

Charles Gregory

Frank Petrie

Harold Boots

Harold Crabtree

George Traub Sr PFC U.S. Army, Medic , WWI. FIRST Commander of Fuller/Taylor Post 915, 1920 - 1921

and  a Charter Member of the Post.

George was born in Central Square July 10 1894, the son of Louis and Frances Brown Traub.  He had three years of high school.  He entered the service November 12, 1917 and was discharged August 27, 1919.  He was a Pvt. 1st Class Dental Asst. in the medical dept. of the 3rd..

Post Commander 1928, 1929

Post commander Olin Hoyt

George W Perfield, Private in the U.S. Marine Corps WWI.

Charter member of Fuller/Taylor Post 915

SECOND Commander of Fuller/Taylor Post 915 in 1922

Post 915 Auxillary was Chartered

Jack Cronk was a P-51 Mustang pilot during WWII

this phot was taken in early 1951 Yokosuka Japan at the US Navy Hospital

Earl “Bett” Bettinger Army Veteran of WWII with service in Africa and Europe. Bett was the Post Commander in 1952.

Earl was born April 16, 1917 at Adams, NY, the son of William Earl and Nellie Marie Bettinger.  He entered the service January 27, 1940 and was a 1st Sgt in the U.S. Army, being discharged December 12, 1945.

Carl Wescott was born on Stony Island December 30, 1908, the son of Herbert and Bertha Hill Wescott.  He went into the service December 22, 1942 and was Discharged November 21, 1945.  He was an aviation engineer (T5).  After discharge he was a mechanic for the Oswego Highway Dept.  He married Ada May Williams.  They hay no children.  He was the Fuller- Taylor Post 915 Commander in 1951 and again in 1964.  He was the..

Summer 1962? The post is taking delivery of our F-86 Saber Jet. 

local news article about Lenore Figie’s time during WWII

The Son’s Of the American Legion Post 915 was established. 

More pictures in photo gallery 

Commander Raymond Olmsted. For the year 1974 - 1975. More pictures in photo gallery 

in this picture, 5th District Commander Leonard Baxter (Past Post 915 Commander) installs Ray Olmsted as Post 915 Commander

Leonard Baxter:

Post Commander 1963

County Commander 1971

District Commander 1974

Department of New York Commander 1976

Photo of Leonard M Trouskie, Post Commander 1977 and 1978

Commander Herb Pelton, flew to Washington DC in April 2016 on Syracuse Honor Flight #7. Herb is a WW2 Navy Veteran. 

Thirteen members of Post 915 formed the American Legion Riders Chapter (The Dirty Dozen)

Post Commander Ken Robarge with Rena Nessler during her visitation visit to Phoenix Post 418 

National Commander Denise H Rohan’s visit (Mexico VFW)

Post Commander Ken Robarge and National Commander Denise H Rohan

Installation of officers for the legion and SAL was conducted. More pics in the photo gallery 

left to right. Installing officer Shawn Mills 5th District Commanders Aid, 5th District SAL Commander (from Phoenix post 418)

Post Commander Ken Robarge ( 2nd term)

1st Vice Commander Eileen Arnold

2nd Vice Commander Robert Robarge

Finance Officer Bob Coe

Chaplian George Wisner ( Gordy Hinman standing in for George Wisner)

Historian Mike Venezia

Sgt at Arms Aaron Eastwood ( Mark Berghart standing in for Aaron Eastwood)

SAL installation of officers

Shortly after the general membership meeting ended at around 2020hrs, the membership was informed there was a fire in the storage room off the downstairs kitchen.  Everyone was evacuated with no injuries .  Fire companies from Central Square, West Monroe and Hastings responded. West Monroe FD was first on the scene as Central Square personal were attending training at West Monroe and had to respond back to their fire station to gear up.

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Bob Coe, Korean War Era Veteran traveled with his wife Katie on Honor Flight Syracuse Mission #12.

More pictures in photo gallery 

Post Commander Ken Robarge’s return home from Desert Storm 1991.  Kristin, Sharon and Sarah. 

current Post Commander Ken Robarge and Past Post Commander Ray Olmsted

Ray Olmsted and Bob Coe, Korean War Veterans

Post Commander Ken Robarge and past Post Commander Gerald Jim Sheldon.  Post Commander 1961

The covid-19 pandemic of 2020 did not stop the post's Memorial Day SerVice. The annual Memorial Day Parade was canceled.  Face coverings and social distance was in effect.

July 10th 2021, our Post celebrated 100 years since the post was chartered in 1921