AMERICAN LEGION

   CURRY - RICHARDSON - SPARKS - WALDEIER POST 528

   PARNELL, MISSOURI 64475

The American Legion, the nation's largest congressionally chartered veterans organization, dates to 1919 when those being discharged following World War I held organizational meetings in Paris, France, and later in St. Louis, Missouri. Today the American Legion has some 18,000 local Posts in all states of the union and several overseas locations. .

The Department of Missouri also dates to 1919 as a state organization within The American Legion. The Legion's national headquarters is in Indianapolis, Indiana, with another headquarters located in Washington, D.C.

American Legion Curry - Richardson - Sparks - Waldeier Post 528, Department of Missouri, was named for five Parnell citizens, including the two Sparks brothers, who were killed in action during World War II.

The Post was formed in 1945 and holds its meetings at the Post Headquarters in Parnell, Missouri.

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