Gay veterans celebrate 20th Anniversary of American Legion Post 448
Mario Benfield was in San Diego chitchatting with other veterans at an American Legion convention. His official cap and jacket made it clear he was from San Francisco, which invited a question from a fellow legionnaire. "He said, 'How is that fruity post doing in your district?'" Benfield recalled. "So I said, 'I'm the commander of that fruity post, and we're doing fine.'" Alexander Hamilton Post 448 will mark its 20th anniversary with a celebration at the War Memorial Veterans Building in San Francisco. Among the American Legion's 14,700 posts around the world, this one stands out, it's the only one that is predominantly queer. "It's the only one I know of," said Joe March, spokesman for the American Legion's national headquarters in Indianapolis. "It's very unique."
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