The Madelyn LaCanne Post #539 was organized on 14 January 1947 at the State American Legion Convention in Milwaukee, under the leadership of Carmen Barnes Skilling. Carmen attended a luncheon for women veterans. There was much interest in the Brown County area to form an all women's Legion post. Twenty-four women from the Green bay area signed a petition to start this post. A Temporary Charter was awarded on 8 February 1949 and a Permanent Charter on 6 March 1952.
Charter members of the Madelyn LaCanne Post 539 include:
Martha E Long, Mary A Long, Clara Dvorak, Josephine Zinceau, Marguerite Early, Mabel Baenen, Virginia Golueke, Adris E Weber, Marie Corlies, June Morvatez, Regina Klarkowski, Margaret Beyer, Carmen M Barnes, Grace Schwichtenberg, Margaret Neuman, Mary Normann, Regina Swiakatowski, Lillian Charles, Edna Villiesse, Anna E Giles, Dorothy J Cavil, Margaret L Garl, Martha Heigel and Margaret Schoffman.
