Post 19 Lamoure, North Dakota
Post 19
Lamoure, North Dakota
HISTORY
1910
FIRST MEETING
Jul 15, 1919
ON JULY 15, 1919, A GROUP OF RETURNING SOLDIERS FROM LAMOURE COUNTY MET IN THE LAMOURE CITY HALL TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF ORGANIZING AN AMERICAN LEGION POST IN OUR COUNTY. HENRY E. COTTAM WAS ELECTED TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING AND HARRY BUCK, SECRETARY. COMMITTEES WERE APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS: NAME SELECTION, MEMBERSHIP, AND PUBLICITY. THE COMMITTEES WERE TO REPORT AT THE NEXT MEETING. IT WAS THE SPIRIT OF THE MEETING TO ENDORSE THE AMERICAN..
ON JULY 15, 1919, A GROUP OF RETURNING SOLDIERS FROM LAMOURE COUNTY MET IN THE LAMOURE CITY HALL TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF ORGANIZING AN AMERICAN LEGION POST IN OUR COUNTY. HENRY E. COTTAM WAS ELECTED TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING AND HARRY BUCK, SECRETARY. COMMITTEES WERE APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS: NAME SELECTION, MEMBERSHIP, AND PUBLICITY. THE COMMITTEES WERE TO REPORT AT THE NEXT MEETING. IT WAS THE SPIRIT OF THE MEETING TO ENDORSE THE AMERICAN..
1930
POST NAME CHANGE
May 11, 1933
OUR POST WAS RENAMED TO TOWNSEND-GOOD POST 19 BY RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY ADAPTED AND RECHARTERED.
OUR POST WAS RENAMED TO TOWNSEND-GOOD POST 19 BY RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY ADAPTED AND RECHARTERED.
LEGION AUXILILARY POST ADDED
Jan 1, 1934
ORGANIZED IN 1934 AND HAS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUT POSTS ACTIVITES
ORGANIZED IN 1934 AND HAS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUT POSTS ACTIVITES
1940
POST NAME CHANGE
Mar 17, 1947
BY RESOLUTION THE NAME JAMES SHOCKMAN WAS ADDED, SO OUR POST HAS BEEN TO THIS DAY AS TOWNSEND-GOOD-SHOCKMAN POST 19. A NEW CHARTER WAS ISSUED ON MARCH 17, 1947 FROM NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.
BY RESOLUTION THE NAME JAMES SHOCKMAN WAS ADDED, SO OUR POST HAS BEEN TO THIS DAY AS TOWNSEND-GOOD-SHOCKMAN POST 19. A NEW CHARTER WAS ISSUED ON MARCH 17, 1947 FROM NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.
