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TODAY !!!
• PARADE
@ 11 am MAP
•POST PICNIC
1 - 4 pm MAP
Tuesday Jul 07
• CRIBBAGE
@ 6 pm MAP
•90TH ANNIVERSARY PLANNING
@ 6:30 pm MAP
Wednesday Jul 08
• TACO NIGHT
5:30 - 7:30 pm MAP
Friday Jul 10
• STEAK NIGHT
5 - 8 pm MAP
Leadership
Sites of Interest
Commander:
James R. Grant
1st Vice Commander:
John Harrington
2nd Vice Commander:
Glenda Gleason
Adjutant:
Greg Kowatch
Finance Officer:
Harlan Poirier
Service Officer:
Robert Tumacder
Chaplain:
Dave Mazack
Historian:
Scott Hardon
S.A.L Commander:
Ralph Ahqupuk
Sgt-at-Arms:
Leslie Howard
Executive Committee:
2nd Yr - Tom Bomback
1st Yr - Ray Untiet
Unit President:
Aurora Courtney
Unit 1st V. P.:
Peggy Bateman
Unit 2nd V. P.:
Barby Rice
Unit Treasurer:
Barb Thaman
Secretary:
Jill Pawson
Unit Historian:
Anne Foley
Unit Sgt-at-Arms:
Wenda Sudduth
Unit Chaplain:
Debby Schrader
Unit Executive Board:
Connie Christianson
Marilyn Porter
Debby Schrader
Unit Trustees:
Lavonne Collier
Lori FitzSimons
Kelly Harrington
Newsletter Editors:
Aurora Courtney
Leslie Howard
Club Manager:
Glenda Brouillette-Gleason
Webmaster:
Marlene Cloude
AM. LEGION NATIONAL HOMEPAGE AK DEPT., THE AMERICAN LEGION MY VETWORK POST 2, VALDEZ POST 3, KETCHIKAN POST 5, SEWARD POST 10, BETHEL POST 33, PETERS CREEK POST 35, SUSITNA VALLEY
Jack Henry Post #1, Anchorage, Alaska
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Please come help plan our 90th Anniversary event with the Commander at the planning sessions (check the calendar). Volunteers and donations are needed. We are looking forward to an exciting time!
Submitted by Scott Hardon, Post Historian. Please use the link in the lower, far left column to contact the Historian with any questions or historical information by clicking on his name.
The history of American Legion Jack Henry Post #1 starts at the end of the Great War (WWI). The returning veterans started forming small clubs and hosting reunions throughout the country.
1919 Minutes
Jack Henry Post #1's history starts in the Spring of 1919 when it was suggested by Jack Sutherland that a veteran's group be formed. Men like Lyle Larson, Elwyn Swetmann, Walter Blanton, and John L. Hughes all took this call and started spreading the word. One June 1, 1919, a meeting was held at the old Robert's Hall in Anchorage, which was at the corner of 4th & C Streets. More than thirty (30) veterans assembled, and after the appointment of a chairman, it was decided to organize a veteran's club here in Alaska.
In August of 1919, there was a meeting held to finalize the formation of the American Legion and an invitation went out to all local veteran's clubs to join. So, on August 20th of 1919, Anchorage made it's application for membership. Fifteen (15) men signed this original application. These men were:
These men unanimously agreed/decided, based on the recommendation of a late comrade, to name the Post after John "Jack" Henry. Jack Henry was the first man from Anchorage to be killed in action in the Cierges Woods, in France, nearly a year before the Meuse-Argonne offensive. So the newly named Jack Henry Post #1 application was signed and sent to Headquarters American Legion, which was then located in New York City.
Word came on September 17, 1919 that the charter had been approved and returned to Anchorage. The first official general membership meeting was held on Friday, September 19, 1919 at 2000 hours at the local Moose Hall. Thirty-three (33) men showed up for that meeting. Elections for Officers was held and the Charter was signed/ratified. The original officers were:
Jack Henry Post #1 was also designated as Alaska's Department Headquarters at this time. A special distinction was that on October 14th of 1920, Jack Henry Post #1 had it's first female member join the organization. She was Miss Francis Kolb. (Note: The information above was retrieved from the original Post's minutes from 1919 to 1921).
1921 Minutes
Now it's 2009 and Jack Henry Post #1 is planning it's 90th Anniversary. Committees have been formed and several events/recognition ceremonies are in the planning stages. More information will be announced and public service announcements are forthcoming! Stay tuned and get involved! This is an exciting milestone for Jack Henry Post #1, Anchorage, Alaska.
Respectfully submitted,
Scott Hardon
Historian, Jack Henry Post #1
Glen Chambers, Commander 1950 and Jim Grant, Commander 2009
& Past Commanders' Dinner
Name That Picture Night
& Commander, Jim Grant with Gerbert Whitehead, longest Post member - 64 years
Post Officers of 1949
& Name That Picture Night
2008 Fur Rondy King, Commander Jim Grant with our Queen, Leslie Howard
King and Queen in their royal carriage
Memorial Day with Ted Stevens and Commander
Bright representation by 2008 Fur Rondy King and Queen in 4th of July Parade
4th of July Parade Float with branches of the service reps
Post 21 Swearing In
SAL Swearing In
Commander = James Grant, Sr.
1st Vice Commander = John Harrington
2nd Vice Commander = Glenda Gleason
Adjutant = Greg Kowatch
Finance Officer = Harlan Poirier
Service Officer = Robert Tumacder
Chaplain = Dave Mazak
Historian = Scott Hardon
Sergeant at Arms = Leslie Howard
Executive Committee:
Incoming Unit #1 Officers :
President = Aurora Courtney
1st Vice President = Peggy Bateman
2nd Vice President = Barby Rice
Treasurer = Barb Thaman
Secretary = Jill Pawson
Historian = Anne Foley
Sergeant at Arms = Wenda Sudduth
Chaplain = Debby Schrader
Executive Board = Debby Schrader, Connie Christianson, and Marilyn Porter
Trustees = Lavonne Collier, Lori FitzSimons, and Kelly Harrington
The next newsletter submissions will be due September 10th for the next edition. Any submitted late may not be included. If you have something to add to the newsletter, feel free to contact me. There is a box by the bar manager’s door.Please alert your membership chair of address corrections.
Thanks!
Please take the time to look at the address block on your newsletter. If any of the information is incorrect, then you need to fill out a change of address form at the Post and turn it in or go to American Legion Online and update your information there. Address correction forms are available at the post and need to be submitted to the membership.
Aurora Courtney, Unit #1
