Bingo

In March of 1920, Joseph W. Breen, a member of
the newly formed American Legion and an officer of
Breen-McCracken Legion Post 297, met in
Philadelphia with fifteen other prominent
Legionnaires where they originated the idea of The
Forty & Eight. They envisioned a new and different
level of elite membership and camaraderie for
leaders of the American Legion. The box car of the
French Railways, so familiar to American ground
troops of the First World War, was chosen as the
symbolic heart of the new organization. The
French/Railroad theme was applied to officer titles
and organizational functions.

Meets last Thursday of the month 7:30 p.m. at the
Post Home.

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