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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1928
Page
6
Monroe Nee News Star reports Forsythe Park site rising for the Monroe Ouachita Parish American Legion Post 13 Memorial Home. Funds come from post efforts and community donations with volunteer labor from plumbers electricians painters and floor finishers.
Officials of Monroe luncheon clubs back establishing an American Legion home in the city. Rotary president George Weaks urges support to create a worthy home. Kiwanis secretary J S Drewnell and Parney Oakland praise the project as a proud monument and a long neglected need.
The Monroe post shows rapid growth from August 1919 through 1928, ranking high in state membership and activity. It leads among large posts in several metrics, with multiple trophies won for renewals and percent increases, including a 1928 surge that doubled 1925 enrollment.
The Leonidas Barkdale Faulk post No 13 American Legion organized emergency services before the flood of 1927. A pioneering truck provided by the parish, staffed around the clock, saved hundreds of lives through boat rescues, refugee aid, and long distance expeditions. Four divisions handled police, transport, supply, and medical tasks, praised by Hoover and Red Cross for heroic regional relief.
Forsythe park to host a handsome American Legion post house described as among the South’s most complete. Plans feature colonial red brick exterior, white columns, 93 by 44 feet, large front and rear porches, a 26 foot deep lounging room with beamed ceiling, a 18 by 20 foot billiard room, game rooms, showers and tiled locker rooms, and a second floor lodge area with adaptable dining space. Estimated cost set at 35000 dollars with anticipated savings from donated materials and labor.
Mayor Arnold Bernstein congratulates Leonidas Barkdull Faulk Post on starting construction of a new American Legion home in Forsythe Park. He says the project will be a permanent, creditworthy addition to Monroe and asks citizens to cooperate and assist financing to completion without interruption.
The Legion states it does not intend the memorial home to be closed to non members. Other veterans may use quarters for assemblies when desired and the home will be opened cordially. The group emphasizes broad democratic aims and community service.
Members of Leonidas Barkdull Faulk Post No. 18 Monroe American Legion, led by Isaac Lemle as commander, are listed with numerous names including C. McKenzie, Charles Mitchell, Logan McConnell, Alfred Reid and many others.
The Leonidas Barkdull Faulk Post 18 of the American Legion in Monroe is highlighted for its service during floods and its drive to build a dedicated post home. Since 1919 the post has grown to 523 members, sponsored Troop 4 Boy Scouts, awarded scholastic medals, and supported a junior baseball league. The city provides Forsythe Park land and partial material, with $11,000 cash and $5,000 in materials pledged toward a permanent Legion home reflecting local pride and gratitude.
Readable lines from the World War I memorial poem convey the dead speaking from Flanders Fields. The verses urge successors to continue the fight and keep faith, passing the torch to future generations.
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