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Photographer: Sunny Brook
Taken: December 1, 2007
Caption: Ellig-Stoufer American Legion Post #31
Additional Description: This American Legion post was named after Victor Ellig, the first Fort Smith soldier to die in World War I. He was shot through the heart by a German sniper while advancing on an enemy position on July 22, 1918.
The Arkansas Legionnaire called the Ellig post "a model organization" and "enthusiastic." For several years it was always among the leaders in the Legion's perennial state membership drives, being ranked as the state's largest at least twice, in 1923 and 1926.
This is not the original building of the post. The first building burned, and this one was built on the same site.
Submitted: February 20, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p16526
File Size: 0.154 Megabytes

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