Summary
Lines of people used to wrap around American Legion posts before a Saturday night dance. Shouts of "bingo!" once clamored through Veterans of Foreign War posts. And once upon a time, entire communities would show up at baked bean suppers at the local veterans halls.
The veterans organizations' dances, happy hours, bingo games and suppers made up the social fabric of Maine communities large and small for decades. But movie theaters, nightclubs, restaurants and other forms of entertainment have gradually replaced local posts as the community focal point.See the full content of this document
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Will Veterans Organizations Survive Their Founders?
And a changing culture is not the only foe of veterans groups in the state.
The other is time.More than 1,200 World War II veterans die each day across the nation, said Arthur Roy, the public rela...See the full content of this document
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