American Legion Post 1 Archives

Cracks, Whizzes and Cheers: Eight Decades of American Legion Baseball

July 5, 2019

Before the advent of television, Wheeling families found entertainment among the sounds of cracks, whizzes and cheers of the local baseball diamonds. The Friendly City was home to teams at all levels: from the ...

Wheeling’s American Legion Post 1: Leading the Way in Service for 100 years

NIck Musgrave

May 15, 2019

Editor's note: Learn more about Wheeling Post No. 1 of the American Legion — officially the oldest post in the U.S. — at Lunch With Books, Tuesday, May 21, at the Ohio County Public Library. The program will in...

American Legion Post 89 Making Community Proud

NIck Musgrave

February 26, 2019

When America’s Greatest Generation returned home from the battlefields of World War II, many flocked to veterans’ clubs such as the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). These clubs not only p...

Respect Doesn’t Fade in Wheeling Area

Steve Novotney

November 15, 2017

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When he first returned to American soil nearly 50 years ago, people looked the other way because they did not want to see someone connected to the unspeakable horrors about which they had heard so much. They...

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