American Legion LCW Post No. 1

Historical Photo Gallery, Post Scrapbooks & Memorabilia

History of LCW Post 1
On March 20, 1919 (just three days after the adjournment of the Legion founding caucus in Paris, France) a group of Denver Veterans organized the Leo Leyden Post of World War I Veterans to honor the first Colorado hero to pay the "supreme sacrifice." This group became the first Legion Post in Colorado and the fifteenth to be chartered in the United States. The charter is dated June 17, 1919 and was signed by thirty members. Read more.

LCW Post 1 Scrapbooks *

2006 - 2007
2005 - 2006
2002 - 2003
1971 - 1972

* The above are the digital copies of the Annual Post 1 Scrapbooks with pictures from Post 1 activities. The scrapbooks begin with the installation of Officers and end with the annual Department Convention the following year. The Scrapbooks are not complete as we are still in the process of digitizing the archived copies.

LCW Post 1 Historical Photos

Miscellaneous Historical LCW Post 1 Pictures
   A collection of Post 1 pictures beginning in the 1920's.

Second A.E.F. 1927
   The Post 1 and Colorado Delegation to the 1927 Second A.E.F in France. The only national convention to be held outside of the United States.

Former 14th & Broadway Post Home
   From 1952 thru 1971, the largest American Legion Post in the nation.

State Conventions
   Historical pictures from the Colorado American Legion Department State Conventions.

National Conventions
   Historical pictures from the National American Legion Conventions.

LCW Post 1 Historical Documents

LCW Post 1 Historical Documents

40/8 Historical Photos

Historical LCW Post 1 40/8 Pictures

American Legion Memorabilia

Memorabilia
American Legion and LCW Post 1 Memorabilia

The Story Of The GI Bill
Without The American Legion, the 1944 GI Bill of Rights might never have been written.

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