NewsMarch 10, 1992

JACKSON -- The Jackson American Legion Post 158 will hold a 73rd birthday celebration dinner Thursday. Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 6:40 p.m. at the organization's hall at North High and Mary Streets. Guests at the dinner include Donald Ramsey, director of the V.A. regional office in St. Louis; Dr. John Presley, director of the John. J. Pershing Medical Center in Poplar Bluff; and James F. Mareschal, commander of the Missouri Department of the American Legion...

JACKSON -- The Jackson American Legion Post 158 will hold a 73rd birthday celebration dinner Thursday. Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 6:40 p.m. at the organization's hall at North High and Mary Streets.

Guests at the dinner include Donald Ramsey, director of the V.A. regional office in St. Louis; Dr. John Presley, director of the John. J. Pershing Medical Center in Poplar Bluff; and James F. Mareschal, commander of the Missouri Department of the American Legion.

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The national American Legion was founded in 1919 in Paris, France. The organization has opened its doors to veterans of World War I, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, Panama, Grenada and Desert Storm.

Thursday's dinner celebration will complete the organization's 1992 membership drive.

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