Oregon State American Legion Corps
This is not an all-inclusive list, but a list of active corps with documentation.
Listing is alphabetical by city-ish
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(All Corps Listed Are Senior Corps Unless Otherwise Noted)
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1932 American Legion Nationals – Portland, OR
1965 American Legion Nationals – Portland, OR
1970 American Legion Nationals – Portland, OR
Oregon State AL Champions rev 01-07-22
Oregon State AL Convention Badges
Albany, AL Post #10 – Albany, OR
Junior Drum & Bugle Corps
Corps Established: 1938
Manager: P. J. Sheehan (1938)
Music Director: Ed Bryan (1938)
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1938 – 1941
Oregon State Jr. AL Champions: 1940
Last Documentation: 1941
Disbanded: Unknown
Photo: 1941
Astoria, AL Post #12 – Astoria (Clatsop), OR
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: 1935
Manager: Unknown
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1936, 37, 1949 – 1956
Last Documentation: 1957
Disbanded: Unknown
Sponsors of the Astoria Mariners Jr D&BC (1960 – 1965)
Colors:
1949: Maroon and grey
1952: White helmets, purple uniforms
Baker, AL Post #41 – Baker, OR
SENIOR Drum & Bugle Corps 1929 – 1930
Corps Established: 1929
Earliest Documentation: 1929
Manager: Unknown
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1929
Last Documentation: 1930
Disbanded: Unknown
Colors: 1929 – Maroon Jackets, Mauve trousers
NOTE – Back in the 1920s, 30s, and 1940s they wore “Trousers” not “Pants”. Who says “Trousers” anymore?
While you’re at it, better go look up “Puttees” too. : >)
Baker, AL Post #41 – Baker, OR
JUNIOR Drum & Bugle Corps 1939 – 1941
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: 1939
Manager: Unknown
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1940 and 1941
Oregon State Jr. AL Champions: 1941
Last Documentation: 1941 State Convention
Disbanded: Unknown
Colors: 1939 – Helmets, Red tunics, Blue trousers
Bend, AL Post #4 – Bend, OR
Corps Established: 1923
AKA: Percy A. Stevens Post
Manager: Jack Davis (1929), Miss Olga Sandine (1938)
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1926 – 29, 31, 32
1930: Switched from straight bugles to “trumpets”. This move was state wide.
What they meant by “Trumpets” I do not know. Real trumpets or another type of bugle?
Last Documentation: 1932
Disbanded: Unknown
Colors: 1929 – Blue coats, White trousers
Clatskanie, AL Post #68 – Clatskanie, OR
JUNIOR Drum & Bugle Corps 1935 – 1940
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: 1935
Manager: Unknown
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1936 – 1940
Oregon State AL Champions: 1937 and 1938
Last Documentation: 1940
Disbanded: Unknown
Clatskanie, AL Post #68 – Clatskanie, OR
SENIOR Drum & Bugle Corps 1946 – 1949
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: 1946 San Francisco convention
Manager: Unknown
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1948
Last Documentation: 1949
Disbanded: Unknown
Coos Bay, AL Post #17 – Coos Bay, OR
AKA: Marshfield Post #17
Corps Established: Fall of 1926
Manager: Unknown
Instructor: Walter Galloway
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1926, 1927, 1928
Last Known Documentation: 1932
Disbanded: Unknown
Corvallis, AL Post #11 – Corvallis, OR
Post Established: 1922
Corps Established: 1926
Re-established: 1946
Manager: Dana Straw (1929)
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1929, 1932 – 37, 39, 41
Last Documentation: 1946
Disbanded: Unknown
Colors: 1929 – Orange coats & caps, Black pants & Puttees
Eugene, AL Post #83, Eugene, OR
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: 1924
Manager: Unknown
1929: Reorganized after operations suspended
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1924, 26, 28, 29, 36, 39
Last Documentation: 1939
Disbanded: Unknown
Hillsboro, AL Post #6 – Hillsboro, OR
Corps Established: 1950
Manager: Unknown
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1950 – 1953, 1955
Oregon State Sr. AL Champions: 1950, 1951, 1952
Last Documentation: 1955
Disbanded: Unknown
Photo: 1952
Klamath Falls, AL Post #8 – Klamath Falls, OR
SENIOR Drum & Bugle Corps
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: 1923 Klamath Fund Raiser
Re-Activated: 1952 thru 1956.
Re-re-activated: 1961
Manager: A. H. Bussman (1935). Jack Benner (1952)
Oregon State AL Championship appearances:1934 – 1939, 1952 – 1956, 1961
Oregon State Sr. AL Champions: 1934, ’36 – ’39, 1953 – 1956
Last Documentation: 1961
Disbanded: Unknown
Photo: 1952
Klamath Falls, AL Post #8 – Klamath, OR
JUNIOR Drum & Bugle Corps
Corps Established: 1938
Manager: Unknown
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1938 and 1939
Oregon State Jr. AL Champions: 1939
Last Documentation: 1939
Disbanded: Unknown
La Grande, AL Post #43 – La Grande, OR
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: Active 1923 thru 1935?
Re-formed: 1948 thru 1955?
Manager: Jess Rosenbaum
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1924, 25,
1927 – 1935, 1948 – 1951, 1953, 1955
Oregon State Sr. AL Champions: 1933, 1948, 1949
Last Documentation: 1955
Disbanded: Unknown
Colors:
1929: “Bright mustard”
1933: “Shining plated helmets”, Gold coats, black breeches
1949: “Deep green” with gold stripes
Photo: 1933
Pendleton, AL Post #23 – Pendleton, OR
JUNIOR Drum & Bugle Corps
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: 1925 Pendleton Round-Up
Winner of the July 12, 1939 Oregon State VFW Championships
Director: Frank Rehberg
Drum Major: Darcia Lee Skiff
Last Known Documentation: Sept 10, 1941 football game
Uniforms: Cowboy
Portland, AL Post #1 – Portland, OR
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: 1924 Linn Fair Show
Manager: Unknown
Music Instructor: Hal Campbell (1940)
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1927 – 1929, 31, 1933 – 1939, 41, 49, 52
Oregon State Sr. AL Champions: 1928, 1929, 1935
Last Documentation: 1954 Portland Rose Parade
Disbanded: Unknown
Photo: 1952
Colors: 1929 – 1954, Red coats, blue pants
Leathernecks, AL Post #169 – Portland, OR
Corps Established: 1955
Manager: Bruce Plumb (1955)
(From 1963 – 1973, Bruce Plumb will Instruct & Direct The Royal Lancers of Portland.
Prior to the Leathernecks, Bruce was with the State Champion Hillsboro Corps)
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1956, 1958 – 1961, 63, 65
Oregon State Sr. AL Champions: 1958 – 1961, 1963
Last Documentation: 1969
Disbanded: Unknown
Photo: 1957
Roseburg, AL Post #16 – Roseburg, OR
AKA: Umpqua Post #16
Corps Established: Unknown
Corps Name: “Blue Devils”
Earliest Documentation: 1924
Manager: Unknown
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1924, 28, 33 – 37, 39, 41
Oregon State Sr. AL Champions: 1924 – The first Oregon AL Convention drum corps show.
Last Documentation: 1948 Reformation of old Corps
Disbanded: Unknown
Colors: 1924 – White duck trousers, Blue Blouses, Blue tam o’shanters, Flowing yellow ties.
Capitol Post #9 – Salem, OR
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: Active from 1924 thru 1933
Re-formed: 1948
Manager: Unknown
Instructor: Dr. Carl Wonner (1924)
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1925 – 1928, 1930 – 1932
Oregon State Sr. AL Champions: 1925 – 1927, 1930 – 1932
1928: AL Nationals in San Antonio, TX: Second place
1932: AL Nationals in Portland, OR: First place
Last Documentation: 1950 Flag pole dedication
Disbanded: 1933 (first time)
Photo: 1932
Sons of the American Legion Squadron #136 – Salem, OR
Junior Drum & Bugle Corps
Corps Established: April 1958
Manager: Joseph Morecraft
1962: Changed name to The Optimist Flamingos
1965: Merged & changed name to the Flamingo-Lancers
1966: Changed name to The Flamingos
1975: Changed name to the Argonauts
Last Documentation: 1987
Disbanded: 1987
Photo: 1959
See Flamingos & Argonauts under Western Oregon Corps for more data
Tillamook, Post #47 – Tillamook, OR
AKA: “Tillamook Cheesemakers”
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: 1936
Manager: Unknown
Oregon State AL Championship appearances: 1936, 39, 48, 49
Last Documentation: 1951 Rockaway Parade
Disbanded: Unknown
Uniforms 1936 – 1951:
Casual – Overalls, straw hat, red handkerchief around their necks
Dress – Blue and yellow West Point-type uniform
1954 – 1958: Tillamook is back as the Tillamook Elks Drum Corps wearing the same casual uniforms as the Legion sponsored corps did.