Washington State American Legion Corps
This is not an all-inclusive list, but a list of active corps with documentation.
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(All corps are senior corps unless otherwise noted)
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Washington State AL Champions rev 01-07-22
Washington State AL Convention Badges
Post Chartered: 1921
Earliest Documentation 1931
Washington State AL Champions 8 TIMES: 1941, 42, 47, 49, 50, 52, 54, and 1958
AKA: Auburn Blackhawks – See Senior Corps page
Last known AL Post show: September 1960
Last known Blackhawks show: unknown
Sponsors of the Renton Blue Angels Jr D&BC (1961-66)
Post #78 Photo: 1950
Uniforms: 1942 “Blue and Scarlet”
Albert J. Hamilton Post #7 – Bellingham, WA
Post Chartered: 1919
Corps Established: 1922
AKA: Falcons Sr, Fighting Falcons – See Senior Corps page
Earliest Documentation: August 1925 Washington State American Legion Convention in Port Angeles.
Washington State AL Champions 10 TIMES: 1922, 24-26, 33, 34, 39, 40, 46 and 1948
Last known AL Post show: September 1960.
Last known Falcons Sr. show: August 10, 1962
Post #7 Photo: 1940s
Colors: 1927 – White breaches and puttees, Blue blouses, White overseas caps
[ There were two PNW “Falcon” corps. Falcon Sr. of Bellingham and Falcons Jr of Athena-Weston Oregon]
Disbanded: End of 1962
Sons of the American Legion (SAL) D&BC formed in 1937. Ran through 1940.
Cashmere Post #64 – Cashmere, WA
Post Chartered: November 1932
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: 1934
Washington State AL Convention show appearances: 1938, 1939 and 1947
Last Documentation: May 11, 1948 Manson, WA Apple Blossom Parade
Last-Last Doc: April 1961 DC World – Trying to get ready for the state convention
Post #64 Photo: 1934
Uniforms: Blue & white with silver helmets. (April 1961 DC World)
Austin Reese Wheeler Post #8– Ellensburg, WA
Post Chartered: Unknown
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: 1931
Washington State AL Convention show appearances: 1934
Last Documentation: 1934
Post #8 Photo: 1934
Earl Faulkner Post #6– Everett, WA 49
Post Chartered: ca1919.
Corps Established: 1920
Washington State AL Convention show appearances: 1926, 1930, 1934
Disbanded: 1937
Post #6 Photo: 1920s
This post founded two corps at different times.
The 1920s corps to the right, and the 1945 corps below.
Earl Faulkner Post #6– Everett, WA
Known as: The Everett Blue Knights – See Senior Corps page
Corps Established: 1945
1953: Music Director – Edward Sanford
Washington State AL Convention show appearances:
1947, 53, 57, 58, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, and 1966.
Washington State AL Champions in 1964 thru 1967.
Last Documentation: 1967 State Championships
Blue Knights Photo: 1964
Longview Post #155– Longview, WA
Post Chartered: Unknown
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Known Documentation: 1927 53
Washington State AL Convention show appearances:
1929, 31, 34, and 1939.
Last Documentation: 1939 Convention
Post #155 Photo: 1934
Mount Vernon Post #63– Mt. Vernon, WA
Post Chartered: Unknown
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: August 1925 Port Angeles Parade
Washington State AL Convention show appearances: 1925, 26, 29, 34 and 1935.
Last Documentation: June 1953 Burlington parade50
Post #63 Photo: 1934
Colors: 1927 – Black pants with gold stripes,
dark puttees, red shirts and campaign hats
Okanogan Post #56 – Okanogan, WA
Post Chartered: Unknown
Corps Established: Unknown
Washington State AL Convention show appearances: 1929
Last Documentation: 1939
Olympia Post #3– Olympia, WA
AKA: Alfred William Leach Post #3, Olympia Legion Band
Post Chartered: May 27, 1919
Corps (band) Established: 1924
First Rehearsal: March 25, 1925
Earliest Documentation: August 1925 Port Angeles Parade
Washington State AL Convention show appearances:
All of them between 1925 and 2004.
Disbanded: 2004
Post #3 Photo: 1934
Pasco Post #34 – Junior Drum & Bugle Corps – Pasco, WA
Post Chartered: Unknown
Corps Established: 1936 as a Boy Scout D&BC
Founder: Dr. R.R. Glen
Washington State AL Convention Junior Champions in 1940, 41 and 1942.
Disbanded: Prior to 1947 34
Post #34 Photo: 1939
This post founded two junior corps at different times.
The 1930s / 40s corps to the right, and the 1955 corps below.
Pasco Post #34 – Pasco Junior Legion Drum & Bugle Corps
Corps Established: 1955
1961: Changed name to the Pasco Columbians
Disbanded: End of 1975
See Tri-Cities Columbians under Eastern Washington corps
For more detailed information.
Marvin G. Shields Post #26 – Port Townsend, WA
Post Chartered: Unknown
Corps Established: Unknown
Washington State AL Convention show appearances: 1939 and 1941.
Last Documentation: 1941
University Post #11– Seattle, WA
Post Chartered: Unknown
Corps Established: 1927
Washington State AL Champions 8 TIMES:
1937, 38, 51, 53, 59, 60, 62, 63.
AKA: Hurricanes – See Senior Corps page
Last known Hurricanes show: July 1966.
Post #11 Photo: 1957 (right)
Hurricanes Photo: 1964 (left)
Rainier-Noble Post #1 – Seattle, WA
Post Chartered: 1919 (Post #1)
Corps Established: 1927
Instructor: C. C. Dempsey
Post #1 was the first American Legion post in the State of Washington.
Washington State AL Champions in 1929, 30 and 1931.
Last known Show: August 1935
Rainier-Noble Post #1 is a merger of Rainier Post #21 and Elmer J. Noble Post #1 that occurred in 1921.
Sedro-Woolley Post #43 – Sedro-Woolley, WA
AKA: George Baldridge Post
AKA: Sedro-Woolley Sr.
Post Chartered: 1921
Corps Established: September 1926
This post had [we believe] three iterations of their senior corps that existed from 1926 into the ’30s; another in the 1950s; with the last iteration from 1959 thru 1965. They also sponsored a junior corps in late 1940s.
Washington State AL Convention show appearances: 1963 and 1964.
Last Known Sr. Corps show: August 1964
Last known documentation: 1965
Uniforms: Blue and white (1961)
Photo: 1950s
Spokane Post #9– Spokane, WA
Post Chartered: February 1920
Corps Established: June 1922
Manager: Roy White (1933)
Earliest Documentation: July 1927 Spokane Chronicle article
First known Washington State AL Convention show appearance: 1928
Washington State AL Champions in 1935 and 1936
Last known show: 1939
Post #9 Photo: 1927
Corps Established: February 18, 1928
Earliest Documentation: 1935 Memorial Day Parade – Spokane
American Legion Women’s Drum Corps
Post #9 Auxiliary Photo: 1939
Colors: 1935 – Red & White
Sunny Side Post #73 – Sunny Side, WA
Post Chartered: Unknown
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: July 1927 State Convention
Washington State AL Convention show appearances: 1927, 1929 and 1930.
Last Documentation: 1931
Colors: 1927 – All white except for blue overseas caps
Edward B. Rhodes Post #2– Tacoma, WA
Post Chartered: Unknown
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: 1927
Washington State AL Convention show appearances: 1939, 44, and 1947.
Last Documentation: 1948
Post #2 Photo: 1945
Colors: 1927 – Grey and blue silk suits
Washougal AL Post #122 – Washougal, WA
Junior Drum & Bugle Corps
Post Chartered: Unknown
Corps Established: Unknown
Washington State AL Convention show appearances: 1939 and 1940.
Last Documentation: 1940
Photo: 1939 Convention
Wenatchee Post #10 – Wenatchee, WA 
Post Chartered: July 29, 1919
Corps Established: Unknown
AKA: Appleknockers, Pippins
Earliest Documentation: August 1925 Port Angeles Parade
First known Washington State AL Convention show appearance: 1925
Washington State AL Champions in 1927, 28, 56, and 1961
Last Know show: August 1965
Post #10 Photo: 1931
Photo graciously provided by the Post #10 Historian
West Seattle Post #160 – Seattle, WA
Post Chartered: 1922
1961 – 1974: Sponsors of the Seattle Shamrocks.
Junior Drum & Bugle Corps
West Seattle Junior D&BC
1935: Jr. Corps created and sponsored by West Seattle VFW Post #2713.
1936 – 1939: Co-sponsored with West Seattle AL Post #160.
NOTE – Legion Post #160 and VFW Post #2713 are located right across the street from each other, so co-sponsoring a drum corps makes complete sense.
AKA: SAL Jr D&BC
Last Known Documentation: 1939
Boy Scout Troop 279 D&BC
Established: ca1951
Disbanded: Unknown
West Seattle Legion Jr D&BC, Post #160 46
Established: 1961
1962: Now known as El Toreadors.
Disbanded: Fall of 1967
Senior Drum & Bugle Corps
Established: Unknown
Manager: Harry Hammond (1953)
1953: Drum Major & Music Director – Earl Wakefield former drum major for the West Seattle VFW Post #2713 junior D&BC in the 1930s.
Washington State AL Convention show appearances: 1952, 53, 55, and 1957.
Washington State AL Champions in 1955 and 1957
AKA: Fusiliers
Last Documentation: 1965 (Sr corps)
Uniforms: Green with white trim
Photo: 1955 or 1956
(West) Seattle Boy Scout D&BC of Maple Leaf American Legion Post #21
Junior Drum & Bugle Corps
First Known Documentation: 1926
Sponsored by: Boy Scouts of America, Troop-1 and Maple Leaf AL Post #21
Scout Master / Director: Thomas Hibben (1933-34), Member of Post #21
Scout Master / Director: Capt. JT Bradshaw (1935)
Last Documentation: 1935
Yakima – Logan Wheeler Post #36 – Yakima, WA
Senior Drum & Bugle Corps
Post Chartered: Unknown
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: 1930
Washington State AL Convention show appearances: 1930 and 1931
Last Documentation: 1931
Junior Drum & Bugle Corps
Corps Established: Unknown
Earliest Documentation: 1939
Washington State AL Convention show appearances:
1939. Second place in Junior Division.
Last Documentation: 1939