The Charles T. Norwood American Legion Post 157 was chartered December 19, 1924, five years after the National American Legion received its Congressional Charter.  The Post was named to honor Pvt. Charles T. Norwood who served with Company H, 365 Infantry, 92^nd Infantry Division.  Pvt. Norwood was wounded on..

On December 10, 1938, a permeant Post Charter was issued by National Commander L. L. Chacherick, duly attested by the National Adjutant Frank E. Samuel at the Legion’s Headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana.  The new Charter was issued to The American Legion at Raleigh, to be known as Charles T. Norwood Post No. 157, Department of North Carolina.  The Charter..

For many years, the pride of the Charles T. Norwood American Legion Post was the Post’s Drum and Bugle Corps.  The exact date the Drum and Bugle Corps was first organized is unknown, but they existed for many years and will into the 1960s.  They participated in American Legion’s National Convention in New York City, New York, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,..

The post participates each year in the Memorial Day Observances held at Carolina Biblical Gardens Cemetery Raleigh, NC.  The graves of veterans interred in the cemetery are flagged with an American flag during Memorial Day. 

The post is a member of the Wake County Council of Veterans Organization and participates in the annual Veterans Day Parade held in down town Raleigh, NC. The graves of veterans interred at Carolina Biblical Gardens Cemetery Raleigh, NC are flagged with an American flag during Veterans Day.