Description: Records documenting the activities of Post 32 and its Auxiliary, with files on District 10 and the District 10 Auxiliary, the Dunn County Legion Council, and the Menomonie Patriotic Council. The materials were gathered or created by Ada Hosford, a World War I veteran who held several Legion offices including those of Historian of Post 32, the Post Auxiliary, and District 10. The records include histories written by Miss Hosford, biographical information compiled on area veterans, minutes, membership records, correspondence, reports, convention announcements and programs, publicity releases, and other papers. They document community service projects, aid for veterans and their families, fund-raising ventures such as the annual poppy sales, and sponsorship of patriotic, educational, and social activities and events. Also included is 1958 correspondence of G.E. Sipple of Menomonie pertaining to his work as a member of the American Legion National Executive Committee. The collection provides information both on organizational and community activities, and biographical and genealogical information on auxiliary members and on area soldiers of World War I particularly. The Sipple correspondence includes several letters concerning the patriotism of individuals in the public eye.
