Clayton William Crippen  was born September 6, 1889 in Clarendon, Vermont. he attended Meadowbrook School in Castleton.  When he registered for the draft, he was 28 years old and lived in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire.

Crippen enlisted December 4, 1917 at Ft. Slocum, New York and deploed to Europe April 23, 1918. He was assigned to Battery C, 10th Field Artillery.

He was killed in action near St. Eugene, Dept of Marne, France while assisting in breaking..

Erroll Spencer Fellows was born August 7, 1892 in Barre, Vermont.  When her registered for the draft, he was 24 years old and lived in Castleton, Vermont.  He had three years prior service in the Cavalry.

Fellows enlisted March 5, 1918 at Camp Greene, North Carolina and deployed to Europe May 10, 1918. He was assigned to Barrery E, 16th Field Artillery.

He died of wounds suffered in battle on October 3, 1918 during the Meuse Argonne..

The following are the names listed on the Post 50 Charter established on November 30, 1930.

Jeremiah J. Grady - 1st Commander

George B. Wright

Walter P. Heyman

Jasper N. Waite

C.A. Basseit

John J. O'Brien

Arthur J. Case

Leo B. Towers

Robert W. Rice

George F. Towers

Hilmer E. Johnson

John P. Towers

John Humphrey

Byron E Kinney

Royce Russell

During the 200 Memorial Day Program at he Castleton Village School the questoin was asked, who are Cirppen and Fellows, the name sakes of the American Legion #50.  Other than the fact that they were both Castleton residents killed in France in World War !, little was known.  The lack of informatoin inspired Benjamin Smith to undertake, as a community service project, the task of researching Crippen and Fellows. 

His efforts resulted in the preparation of..

Every month on the 3rd Sunday of the month you can have a delicious breakfast served by volunteers of the Post 50 Legoin Family.

On this day we had Auxillary members Kathy Pritchard (aka Aunt Jemina) and Carolyn Carlton, Sons of the Legion members Dave Hendee, Jay Brown and Greg Pritchard and Legion members Dicky Rogers (aka official dishwasher), John Loso, Jimmy Pritchard and Dave Maloney.

At the American Legion Annual Convention, Past Department Commander Royal E. Sheeley was elected NECMan for the State of Vermont.

Biography of LCdr. Royal E. Sheeley, United States Navy Retired 

Lieutenant Commander Royal Edwin SHEELEY was born in Kingston, New York, on 8 March 1940 

Lieutenant Commander SHEELEY enlisted in the United States Navy in August..

Fair Haven High School Senior Charlie Cacciatore was Post 50's first Oratorical contestant.  He was coached by PDC Royal Sheeley and Chaplain Ben Boss.

He placed 2nd in the State Competition.

Charlie is continueing his education at Middlebury College in Middlebury Vermont.

American Legion National Commander Charlie Schmidt attended the Department of Vermont Dinner in honor of Commander Schmidt's visit to Vermont. The evening was well attended by Legion, Aux and Sons members from across the state and Whitehall Vermont. The evening began with a welcome from Post 50 and Rutland County Commander Catherine Tester who then turned the evening over to the Master of Ceremonies Department Commander from Post 39 John Heald. The Department of Vermont..

Crippen Fellows Post 50 Family paid tribute and remembrance and held a Four Chaplains Ceremony on Sunday, February 4 at a joint meeting in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the sinking of the Dorchester.

Chaplain Ben Boss organized this event paying tribute to the 902 men aboard the U.S.A.T. Dorchester, 672 died, leaving 230 survivors and the Four Chaplains, Lt. George L. Fox, Methodist; Lt. Alexander D. Goode, Jewish; Lt. John P. Washington, Roman Catholic;..

4th District Oratorical winner Avery Carter competed at the Department of Vermont Oratorical Contest held at White River Juncton, Veterans Center on March 10.    Avery did an outstanding job representing the 4th District and Crippen Fellows Post 50 won 2nd place. 

Avery lives in Dorset, Vermont and is a Freshman at Long Trail High School. 

Congratulations Avery!

On May 26, 2018, Castleton Post 50 American Legion will sponsor a parade in town and ceremony at the monuments.  For addionail information contact the post at 802-468-8962.

This was the first year we redesigned the Castleton Memorial Day Parade and had all of the ceremonies at the Monuments in town and then a trip with the color guard to the cemetery for a final salute to our last fallen commander.

We had the Fair Haven High School Band, Castleton Elemetary Band and the Boston Crusader perform.  Please see the photo album for pictures of the event.   The master of ceremony was PDC Royal..

1930-1932 Jeremiah Grady

1932/1933 Arthur B. Ward Jr.

1933/1934 C.A. Bassett

1934/1935 John Humphrey

1935/1936 John O'Brien

1936/1937 Joseph J. O'Reilly

1937-1939 Raymond Fish

1939/1940 Robert W. Rice

1940/1941 William Clift

1941/1942 Harry Wells

1942/1943 Russell Mallett

1943/1944 Charles Towers

1844/1945 George B. Wright

1945/1946 James F. O'Neill

1946/1947 Harold Brown

1948/1949 Robert Brock

1949/1950 Charles M. Brough

1950-1952 Leslie Sheldon

1952/1953 George L.Taggert

1953/1954 Raymond Dunlap

1954/1955 Albert Dayton

1955/1956 Robert Taggart

1956/1957 Franklin K. Taggert

1957/1958 Jerome Grady *

1958/1959 George Pritchard

1959/1960 Frederick L. Jones

1960/1961 Thomas Beam

1961/1962 Ralph Brough

1962/1963 Ralph Bruno

1963-1965 Thomas Coburn *

1965/1966 John Burke

1966-1969 John..