On September 22,1919, sixteen ex-service men of Penfield, Llanerch, South Ardmore, Ardmore and Philadelphia, signed an application for a charter to establish a Post of the American Legion. A charter was issued September 30, 1919, by Eric Fisher Wood, Secretary, National Executive Committee.

    December 4, 1919, a meeting was held in the Brookline Fire Hall to arrange for the first regular meeting of the Post. On Jannuary 16, 1920, the first regular meeting was..