Duck Creek Hundred in Smyrna in Kent County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
"First in the World"
Post #14 American Legion Ambulance Service
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 31, 2021
1. "First in the World" Marker
Inscription.
"First in the World". Post #14 American Legion Ambulance Service. In 1924, the David C. Harrison American Legion Post #14 in Smyrna formed the first American Legion Ambulance Service in the world. The 18 founding members were veterans of World War I who volunteered to transport sick and injured community members to area hospitals. Prior to this time patients traveled by train, which delayed medical treatment. Services originally extended from Summit Bridge to Milford. In continuous operation since its founding, the Ambulance Service relocation from S. Main Street to Glenwood Avenue in 1961. A new facility that carries on the work of the original service opened in 2013 at the intersection of Routes 6 and 300.
In 1924, the David C. Harrison American Legion Post #14 in Smyrna formed the first American Legion Ambulance Service in the world. The 18 founding members were veterans of World War I who volunteered to transport sick and injured community members to area hospitals. Prior to this time patients traveled by train, which delayed medical treatment. Services originally extended from Summit Bridge to Milford. In continuous operation since its founding, the Ambulance Service relocation from S. Main Street to Glenwood Avenue in 1961. A new facility that carries on the work of the original service opened in 2013 at the intersection of Routes 6 and 300.
Erected 2019 by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number KC-67.)
Location. 39° 17.662′ N, 75° 37.345′ W. Marker is in Smyrna, Delaware, in Kent County. It is in Duck Creek Hundred. It is on Smyrna
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Clayton Boulevard (Delaware Route 6) just west of Wheatleys Pond Road ( Route 300), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 900 W Glenwood Ave, Smyrna DE 19977, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American Mid-Atlantic and on the Delmarva Peninsula. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and the Antebellum South.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 31, 2021
2. "First in the World" Marker
of all markers in Smyrna.
Another marker is no longer nearby. "First in the World" (was approx. Ύ mile away but has been permanently removed).
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 31, 2021
3. Nearby memorial display
Credits. This page was last revised on May 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 2, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 433 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on June 2, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
