https://romelegion.org/about/Recent content in About Post 5 on American Legion Post 5 — Rome, GAHugoen-ushttps://romelegion.org/about/history/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://romelegion.org/about/history/<p>Shanklin Attaway American Legion Post 5 was chartered in <strong>1925</strong>, one of the earliest American Legion posts in Georgia. For over a century, generations of Rome and Floyd County veterans have served their community through Post 5.</p> <h2 id="about-our-namesake">About Our Namesake</h2> <p>The post is named in honor of <strong>Shanklin Attaway</strong>. <em>(Details about his service and connection to Rome to be written by the Post Historian.)</em></p> <h2 id="a-century-of-service">A Century of Service</h2> <p><em>Full history to be written. The American Legion itself was chartered by Congress in <strong>1919</strong> as a patriotic, mutual-help, wartime veterans organization, and is today the nation&rsquo;s largest wartime veterans organization with over 1.8 million members across nearly 13,000 posts.</em></p>