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MEN FROM VENICE AND MADISON were apparently eager to join The American Legion when Post 307 was chartered on November 7, 1933. The new officers and charter members signed this large document. It is not known how many of these Army, Navy and Marine veterans served during World War I. |
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Click HERE to view the Post 307 Charter application. Click HERE to read the beginning of the story about the birth of Post 307 |
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THE POST 307 COLOR GUARD AND DRILL TEAM pose in front of the Post Home in the early 1950s. Use the links at the top of the photo to view larger versions either without or with names and numbers. If you know any missing names, please send to venicememories@yahoo.com
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FIRST PLACE COLOR GUARD A hat pin featuring the Duck commemorates the Post 307 Color Guard drill competition First Place win in Rosemont, IL, during the American Legion Department of Illinois annual convention. The local honor unit was also the official color guard that year for the Department, the 5th Division and the 22nd District in addition to Venice-Madison Post 307. AT ATTENTION At left, participating in Memorial Day ceremonies in Venice, the First Place Post 307 Color Guard stands at attention. From left are Sergeant Jack Tolliver, riflemen Phil Martin and Rick Barnhart, National Flag bearer Ed Foley, Post Flag bearer and current Post 307 Commander Gary Swift and riflemen Andy Modrusic and Marty Martin. |
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Click HERE to view an 8"x10" printable version |
THE MID-CENTURY MODERN lighted sign of Post 307 greeted visitors and motorists alike as the descended the viaduct into Venice. The only known photos of the sign are the black and white photos of Senator John F. Kennedy during a campaign stop in 1960 and a blury frame from digitized 8mm film of former President Harry Truman visiting Venice in 1962. The photos were sufficient for Venice Memories webmaster Patrick Foley to recreate the iconic symbol of the American Legion in Venice.  
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Here are links from our VIDEOS page that includes some of the Duck, the Post and Unit Color Guards in parades and competition. These original 8mm silent films were taken by World War II veteran Howard Foley, a member of Post 307. He passed away in 2007. Admittedly, these are not the greatest videos. They were digitized many years ago when digital resolution was small and enhancing was unheard of. But they are better than nothing. The Granite City parade taken in the early 1960s is the longest and has the best quality and at about the two-minute mark of the four-minute-plus clip it appears to be the Post 307 Color Goard followed by the Auxiliary Unit 307 Color Guard. |
 THE DUCK passes the Venice Grade School. |
Click HERE to view the Auxiliary Unit 799 Charter application. |
THE AUXILIARY UNIT 307 COLOR GUARD AND DRILL TEAM pose in front of the Post Home in the early 1950s. Use the links at the top of the photo to view larger versions either without or with names and numbers. If you know any missing names, please send to venicememories@yahoo.com
Click HERE to view the Auxiliary Unit 307 Charter application.
THE SONS OF THE LEGION SQUADRON 307 pose with a banner at a unknown location during an outing. Use the link at the top of the photo to view a version without the names and numbers. This was a very small snapshot and resolution is at its limits, but you can still zoom. If you know any missing names, please send to venicememories@yahoo.com
Click HERE to view the Squadron 307 Charter application.
 A project of the Venice History Committee
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