Post History
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Coy-Catlin Post 137 is named after 2 local World War I solders; Archie Coy, who returned from WWI and died of his wounds and Melvin Catlin, who did not make roll call after a fierce battle and was found sometime at later time to have been Killed-in-Action.
Archie L. Coy -- U.S. Army Private, Casualty of WWI, died of wounds sustained in battle. Received the Purple Heart and World War I Victory Medals
Melvin C. Catlin --- U.S. Army Private, 90th Division 357th Infantry Regiment. Casualty of WWI, Killed-in-Action, 10NOV1918. Purple Heart and
World War I Victory Medals. He is buried/memorialized at Plot A Row 17 Grave 18, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery.
On _______, five former servicemen met in the high school auditorium. Existing at the time in __________ was an informal community consisting of former World War I Veterans. The decision to organize an American Legion Post resulted from the conclusion of these Veterans that the American Legion was the representative Veterans' organization in this country. That conclusion has been proven true as today the American Legion is the largest wartime Veterans' organization with nearly 13,000 American Legion Posts worldwide. Current national membership is over 2 million and combined with the American Legion Auxiliary and Sons of The American Legion, membership in what is known as The American Legion Family, exceeds 3 million who care about America, Veterans, their families and our nation's youth.
At the first meeting Mr. ____ was elected temporary Chairman and Mr. _____ temporary Secretary. Decision was made by the attending Veterans to file an application for an American Legion Post.
At next meeting, a Certificate of Application for a Charter was presented. It was also decided at this meeting to organize a Post as soon as one hundred servicemen of _______ had indicated their desire to join the Post..
A committee was formed to name the Post and the Post was named "American Legion Post___”. All of _______’s servicemen who died in the service of their country, as a mark of respect, were honored when the Post was chartered.
Permanent organization was affected at the next meeting which time permanent officers were elected. The first officers of American Legion Post were: Commander: Mr___________, Adjutant: Mr. _______, and Finance Officer: Mr. __________, etc.
Affiliated Organizations
A Women's Auxiliary Unit of American Legion Post 137 was formed on _______. The Legion has every reason to be proud of it's Auxiliary. Auxiliary members are always anxious and willing to co-operate in every Legion activity.
A Sons of the Legion Squadron for American Legion Post 137 was formed on _______. The Legion has every reason to be proud of it's Sons of Legion unit, which gained statewide recognition because of it's programs of service.
Patriotic Days
MEMORIAL DAY has always been an outstanding occasion in this community. In addition to memorial events throughout the Columbia River Gorge, the goal of every Veteran to it's last man is to keep MEMORIAL DAY sacred to the memory of our war dead of all of the wars of the country; and all graves are decorated on this National Holiday. Join us in Flagging Graves at our cemeteries or Tolling the Bell at the Stone Henge War Memorials
ARMISTICE DAY, now called VETERANS' DAY, originally marked the end of fighting in World War I. It is an important holiday on the calendar of Legionnaires everywhere and in the hearts of all Veterans. An important tradition was established when the Post led in the memorial exercises at 11 o'clock on the morning of November 11, marking the exact hour of the cessation of hostility on the war fronts and culminating in the evening Veterans
Day Dinner.
Registration Of Graves
Since it's inception American Legion Post 137 has been a leader in Skamania County in the area of graves registration. Grave Registration enables all interested parties to locate the site of the grave of each Veteran. Each year, active members place a flag on each Veteran's grave. Gravesite lisitng and
current maps for 10 cemeteries of Skamania County are available to view at Coy-Catlin Post 137.
Scholarships and Community Projects
American LegionPost 137 sponsors various scholarships for the further education of our children. We also sponsor and financially assist many worthy community projects and programs initiated by the National American Legion.
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