Silent Saddle Monument

Silent Saddle Monument. . , American Legion Post 43, Over the decades, the American Legion Building Has served a wide range of community and social uses. It has served as a time line and index of the issues and patterns of [illegible] Jackson during the years of its Historical significance and beyond. , world war one A troupe of 26 Jackson volunteers enlist in Cheyenne , 1920 world war one veterans create Post 43, Bruce Porter, Commander elected , 1922 Legion purchases two lots from Fanny Bean at the corner of Gill and Cache , 1923 American Legion Auxiliary is chartered , 1926 Legion initiates Jackson's Frontier Days, precursor to Old West Days , 1928 Jackson State Bank loans $4,000 for building construction , 1929 Legion Hall is finished and dedicated , 1930 Post 43 Hosts 49er dances initiated by Olaus and Mardie Murie , 1932 Olaus Murie and Homer Richards dedicate the town square as George Washington Memorial Park , 1933 Post hosts US Senate hearings that led to expansion of Grand Teton National Park , 1935 Post initiates Jackson Hole summer rodeos , 1936 Post initiates annual Winter Carnival , 1938 First home for the Teton County Library occupies the building’s north wing , 1939 Post 43 becomes first home for community sponsored kindergarten and preschools , 1942 Post 43 coordinates civil defense, blackouts, holds USO and war bond drives , 1947 Post initiates sponsorship of Boys and Girls State , 1945 VFW. Grand Teton Post 4274 is chartered , 1976 Homer Richards donates funds for the Veteran's Memorial square , 2001 Post members resolve to restore and preserve this historic building as a lasting legacy , 2002 Original Post 43 log building is listed on the U.S. Nation Register of Historic Places , 2005 Silent Saddles Monument is dedicated in Honor of Bruce and Veterans of Post 43, "It is not for the veterans of Jackson Hole who have resolved to dedicate this historic site. Rather, it is for our community, that we are highly resolved to preserve this part of Jackson Hole history for now and for future generations.” , L.H. North