Bayway American Legion Post 260

The Bayway American Legion (AL) Post 260 of Elizabeth was a competitive unit from at least 1930, as they participated at several local and regional events. In 1936, the corps finished 4^th at the NJ AL state “Class A” championships, participating at their first AL Nationals in New York where they placed 27^th in the preliminaries. The next two seasons saw the corps finish 4^th (1938) and 2^nd (1939) at the state contests before returning to the 1940 AL Nationals in Boston, placing 21^st in the prelims.

After the war years, Bayway once again reorganized and returned to field competition at the 1946 NJ AL state championships, finishing in 5^th position. The following year, after a 7^th place finish at the state contest, they competed at the 1947 AL Nationals, once again held in New York, placing 8th in the finals. In 1948, the corps returned to the NJ state contest, finishing once again in 7^th place.

The corps went inactive over the next several years but did represent Our Lady of Grace Lancers of Hoboken as their Legion sponsor, who earned a 2^nd place finish at the 1953 NJ state convention. In the fall of 1956, Our Lady of Grace church decided to sponsor a junior corps, leaving the senior corps without any support. Aa a result, they merged with the Bayway AL Post to form the Bayway Grays.

Paul Legault (DCX)

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