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DEPARTMENT ARKANSAS AMERICAN LEGION
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Preamble to the Constitution of
The American Legion
For God and Country
We associate ourselves together for the following purposes:
To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the Great Wars; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and goodwill on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
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Two of the most unusual casualties of World War I were the Garner brothers of Beebe, Arkansas, who have rested side by side in the Antioch Cemetery for more than eight decades. Although they were hundreds of miles apart, they died of influenza in the same week during the great epidemic of 1918-19. The epidemic was global, claiming some 20 million people. John F. "Johnnie" Garner was a corporal in the U.S. Army stationed at Camp Pike in North Little Rock, later renamed Camp Robinson. The Beebe newspaper, reporting his death at the camp October 9, 1918, said Johnnie was an "obedient son always residing with his parents until Uncle Sam called him to camp." He was born March 29, 1894. Two Months earlier, Johnnie's brother Mack E. Garner had volunteered and joined the U.S Navy. He was born April 3,1896, and died in New orleans October 15, 1918. What a heavy burden that week brought to Mr. and Mrs. B.B. Garner of Beebe! According to news reports, both of there sons had Spanish influenza whiched developed into pneumonia. There funeral service at Antioch was conducted by Rev. J.M talkington. Thirty-five members of Company F, 4th training Regiment, including commanding officer Capt. Charles E. Scott, signed a letter to Mr. and Mrs Garner dated October 30, 1918, in which they said Johnnie was "a genuine good fellow, and was mighty well liked by all in the Company and stood in line for rapid promotion... May you bear your double loss with fortitude-a loss of two worthy sons and patriots. Their untimely death was not in vain, however, as they died while doing their bit and best for the Cause we all loved and are willing to die for." Monuments on the White County Courthouse Square contain the names of those who went to war and didn't come home. Some died on the battlefield, defending our nation with their last breath of life. Others like Mack and Johnnie died in a lonley hospital wards or other places far removed from White County and their loved ones. They were all heros. Let us remember them and their sacrifice.
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Vice Commander
Adjutant
Service Officer
Finace Officer
Judge Advocate
Historian
Chaplain
Sergeant at Arms
Asst. Sergeant at Arms
Asst. Sergeant at Arms
John R. Voss
Charles Johnston
Jody Webb
Mike Westergren
Charles Johnston
Paul Hill
Sheila Walters
Bonnie Wagner
Willard Crain
Jody Webb
Smokey Turner
Bobby Thorpe
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time veterans organization. A community-service organization which now numbers nearly 3 million members -- men and women -- in nearly 15,000 American Legion Posts worldwide. These Posts are organized into 55 Departments -- one each for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, France, Mexico, and the Philippines.
The American Legion's national headquarters is in Indianapolis,Indiana, with additional offices in Washington, DC. In addition to thousands of volunteers serving in leadership and program implementation capacities in local communities to the Legion's standing national commissions and committees, the national organization has a regular full-time staff of about 300 employees.
American Legion Baseball
Arkansas Boy's State
Children and Youth
Flag Education
Junior Shooting Sports
Oratorical Contest
Scholarships
Scouting
Community Involvement
Wharehouse Furniture
Hayes Insurance Agency
Beebe Sonic Corporation
Genes Wrecker Service
Regions Bank
Simmons Bank
CalFrac Well Service
Kevin and Teresa Raney
First Security Bank
Post 91 would like to thank the following local business' for there support of the American Legion's Boys State Program.
