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Turnbow-Higgs American Legion Post #240 Open House
Name: Turnbow-Higgs American Legion Post #240 Open HouseDate: April 29, 2023Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
Event Description:
Please join us for a Spring Open House! A complimentary event sponsored by: Marla Bush’s History Forums at the American Legion Hall.
All public and all Veterans are invited!
Light snacks will be provided.
Turnbow-Higgs American Legion Post 240 was chartered in 1920, and originally named after local WW I Marine veteran Ammon Turnbow who had passed away in November 1918.
The post underwent a name change in 1947, in part to honor those killed in WWII and specifically Army Air Corps veteran John Fielding Higgs, (son of Rufus F. Higgs, one of the founders and long-time publisher of The Empire-Tribune) who was killed on a bombing mission over Germany.
The property having been donated by James Thomas Cantrell of Santo, and with money pledged by members of Post 240, a working arrangement and assurances were received from President Roosevelt's New Deal Programs (National Youth Administration & Works Progress Administration).
Ground was broken for the American Legion Post 240 building in September 1938 with 17th Congressional District Congressman Clyde Garrett turning the first spade of dirt.
Plans for the building were drawn by architect Wyatt C. Hendrick of Fort Worth, and construction was supervised by Kenneth Stephens of Dublin. Building construction was completed in 1940 and occupied in early 1941.