On March 7th, 1926 former servicemen met in Ozark, it was an informal community consisting of former World War I Veterans. The decision to organize an American Legion Post resulted from the conclusion of these Veterans that the American Legion was the representative Veterans’ organization in this country. That conclusion has been proven true as today the American Legion is the largest wartime Veterans’ organization with nearly 13,000 American Legion Posts worldwide. Current national membership is over 2 million and combined with the American Legion Auxiliary and Sons of The American Legion, membership in what is known as The American Legion Family, exceeds 3 million who care about America, Veterans, their families and our nation’s youth.
At next meeting, a Certificate of Application for a Charter was presented. It was also decided at this meeting to organize a Post as soon as local servicemen of Dale County had indicated their desire to join the Post.
A committee was formed to name the Post and the Post was named “American Legion Dale County, Post82”. All of the servicemen in the county who died in the service of their country, as a mark of respect, were honored when the Post was chartered.
Patriotic Days
MEMORIAL DAY has always been an outstanding occasion in this community. In addition to memorial events throughout the community, the goal of every Veteran to it’s last man is to keep MEMORIAL DAY sacred to the memory of our war dead of all of the wars of the country; and all graves are decorated on this National Holiday.
ARMISTICE DAY, now called VETERANS’ DAY, originally marked the end of fighting in World War I. It is an important holiday on the calendar of Legionnaires everywhere and in the hearts of all Veterans. An important tradition was established when the Post led in the memorial exercises at 11 o’clock on the morning of November 11, marking the exact hour of the cessation of hostility on the war fronts.
Registration Of Graves
Since it’s inception American Legion Post 82_ has been a leader in this community in the area of graves registration; which has been incorporated by all the American Legion Posts in Dale County. Grave Registration enables all interested parties to locate the site of the grave of each Veteran.