Post 220 SOLDIERS GROVE, Wisconsin
Post 220
SOLDIERS GROVE, Wisconsin
About This Post
Post Namesake
WILLIAM A SCHOVILLE WAS KILLED IN COMBAT MAY 28, 1918 NEAR CANTIGNY , FRANCE
Notable Members
EUGENE P MORAN
BEUFORD T ANDERSON
What Makes this Post Unique
WW11 VETERAN EUGENE P MORAN SURVIVED A FALL OF 5 MILES AS A TAIL GUNNER . HE WAS HONORED WITH A STREET NAMED AFTER HIM.
WW11 CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL HONOREE, BEAUFORD t ANDERSON HAS A PARK IN SOLDIERS GROVE NAMED IN HIS HONOR.
HISTORY
2010
100 BIRTHDAY OF AMERICAN LEGION
Mar 16, 2019
CRAWFORD COUNTY HELD A DINNER AND PROGRAM AT WILLIAM SCOVILLE POST IN SOLDIERS GROVE, WI.
SPECIAL SPEAKER WAS ASSEMBLEMAN TONY KURTZ WHO ENCOURAGED LEGION MEMBERS TO SIGN UP NEW MEMBERS.
WILLIAM SCHOVILLE 220 COMMANDER , KENNETH MC CORMICK REPORTED $1,600 WAS RAISED FOR THE LEGACY FUND, WHICH WILL HELP CHILDREN OF DECEASED VETERANS.
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MONUMENT
May 2019
MONEY WAS RAISED TO CONSTRUCT A MONUMENT IN BEUFORD T ANDERSON
PARK IN SOLDIERS GROVE WISCONSIN TO LIST VETERANS IN ALL WARS .
A PROGRAM IS HELD EACH MEMORIAL DAY BY WILLIAM SCHOVILLE POST 220 TO HONOR ALL VETERANS.
