Former VFW / AL Jr. Champions

[LiskoAJ]

The following is a list of previous Junior VFW and
American Legion National Champions.

The information came from various articles in Drum
Corps News and Eastern Review. After 1972 though,
there wasn't too much written about these shows.
Maybe someone can fill in the blanks and add some
years to the list if the shows were still held.

In the spirit of Drum Corps,

Andy Lisko
St. Raphael's/Bpt. PAL 58-68
NY Skyliners 69-81

National Junior VFW Drum and Bugle Corps Champions
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YEAR WINNER CONTEST LOCATION
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1936 Newton, Iowa Post 1655 Denver, CO
1937 Philadelphia, PA Post 231 Buffalo, NY
1938 Upper Darby, PA Post 979 Columbus, OH
1939 Salem, MA Post 1524 Boston, MA
1940 Salem, MA Post 1524 Los Angeles, CA
1941 Upper Darby, PA Post 979 Philadelphia, PA
1942 Chicago, IL Post 1871 Cincinnati, OH
1943 Chicago, IL Post 1871 New York, NY
1944 No Contest - WAR
1945 No Contest - WAR
1946 St. Vincent's Boston, MA
1947 St. Vincent's Cleveland, OH
1948 Philadelphia, PA Post 1692 St. Louis, MO
1949 Philadelphia, PA Post 1692 Miami, FL
1950 St. Vincent's Philadelphia, PA
1951 St. Vincent's New York, NY
1952 St. Vincent's Los Angeles, CA
1953 ST. Vincent's Milwaukee, WI
1954 Blessed Sacrament Philadelphia, PA
1955 St. Vincent's Boston, MA
1956 St. Vincent's Dallas, TX
1957 Cavaliers Miami, FL
1958 Blessed Sacrament New York, NY
1959 Cavaliers Los Angeles, CA
1960 Blessed Sacrament Detriot, MI
1961 Cavaliers Miami, FL
1962 Cavaliers Minneapolis, MN
1963 Cavaliers Seattle, WA
1964 Kilties Cleveland, OH
1965 Royal Airs Chicago, IL
1966 Cavaliers New York, NY
1967 Cavaliers New Orleans, LA
1968 Kilties Detroit, MI
1969 Kilties Philadelphia, PA
1970 Troopers ?
1971 Santa Clara Vanguard Dallas, TX
1972 Cavaliers Minneapolis, MN
1973 Pembroke Imperials New Orleans, LA
1974 Cavaliers Chicago, IL
1975 ? ?
1976 Cavaliers New York, NY

National Junior American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps Champions
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YEAR WINNER CONTEST LOCATION
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1946 Magna, UT Cypress Post 38 San Francisco, CA
1947 Philadelphia, PA Post 20 New York, NY
1948 Holy Name Cadets Miami, FL
1949 Holy Name Cadets Philadelphia, PA
1950 Holy Name Cadets Los Angeles, CA
1951 St. Vincent's Miami, FL
1952 St. Vincent's New York, NY
1953 Holy Name Cadets St. Louis, MO
1954 Blessed Sacrament Washington, DC
1955 Blessed Sacrament Miami, FL
1956 Blessed Sacrament Los Angeles, CA
1957 Holy Name Cadets Atlantic City, NJ
1958 Blessed Sacrament Chicago, IL
1959 Blessed Sacrament Minneapolis, MN
1960 Garfield Cadets Miami, FL
1961 Garfield Cadets Denver, CO
1962 Garfield Cadets Las Vegas, NV
1963 Blessed Sacrament Miami, FL
1964 Garfield Cadets Dallas, TX
1965 Royal Airs Portland, OR
1966 Cavaliers Washington, DC
1967 Cavaliers Boston, MA
1968 St. Lucy's Cadets New Orleans, LA
1969 Cavaliers Atlanta, GA
1970 Santa Clara Vanguard Portland, OR
1971 Argonne Rebels Houston, TX
1972 Argonne Rebels Chicago, IL
1973 ? ?
1974 Philadelphia PAL ?

[GridboyR]

Troopers won '66 VFW over Cavaliers on a penalty.

[Dave Franks]

In article <9506058049....@ccip.perkin-elmer.com>,

lis...@ccip.perkin-elmer.com ("LiskoAJ") wrote:

> The following is a list of previous Junior VFW and
> American Legion National Champions.
>
> The information came from various articles in Drum
> Corps News and Eastern Review. After 1972 though,
> there wasn't too much written about these shows.
> Maybe someone can fill in the blanks and add some
> years to the list if the shows were still held.

The Argonauts from Salem, Oregon won the 1975 VFW title.

--
Dave Franks | www.franks.teleport.com/~franks
fra...@teleport.com | Not associated with Teleport,
Keizer, Oregon | just surfing in their pipeline
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[SBostwick]

I'm posting this just in case my last message didn't make it so if it did
I'm not
tyring to be a broken record, but...

1980--the last VFW Nationals--Chicago, IL
TIE FOR 1st place between the Cavaliers & Madison Scouts
Scott Bostwick

[Bldbrkr]

1981 VFW Champs .... Crossmen!

I had to go look at my medal for the year. It was in Philly, hot
as hell, and the medal says "crossman" ..
Well, we all got one!

John

bld...@epix.net

[BRYANJ7]

1978 American Legion National Champions:
Long Island Kingsmen
1979 American Legion National Co-Champions: (yes a tie)
Long Island Kingsmen and Sky Ryders
1979 VFW National Champions:
Long Island Kingsmen
(I was there for all of it)
-Bryan Jenner

[monte...@gmail.com]

1974 AL Jr Drum and Bugle Corps winner was The Philadelphia Police Cadets. (PAL Cadets)
I was a top soprano horn. We did receive a metals. One of the greatest moments in my life!

[prmil...@gmail.com]

1974 VFW Was won by The Chicago Cavaliers, the defending champion Pembroke Imperials came in 2nd

[dennisj...@gmail.com]

> 1970 Troopers Miami, Fl

[warnerc...@gmail.com]

1976 American Legion Nationals Seattle, Washington

1st pl. Blackwatch
2nd pl. Silver Sabres

[Steve Schachle]

On Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 7:31:18 AM UTC-5, Steve Schachle wrote:

> > 1973 Argonne Rebels (by declaration). The American Legion's National
> Convention was held in Honolulu, HI in 1973. Because the majority
> of the corps could not afford to travel to Hawaii, there
> was not an American Legion National Drum Corps Championship
> that year. Argonne having won the American Legion National Drum
> Corps Championship the two previous, consecutive years, was
> declared the winner for 1973.
> > 1974 PAL Cadets Miami, FL
>> 1975 Marquis Minneapolis, MN
>> 1976 Black Watch Seattle, WA
>> 1977 Crossmen Denver, CO
>> 1978 Long Island Kingsman New Orleans, LA
>> 1979 Tie: Hutchinson Sky Ryders & Long Island Kingsman Houston. TX
>> 1980 Arbella All-Girl Boston, MA

The 1980 Championship was the last for Jr. Corps competition. In 1997, a National Championship for Sr. Corps was revived, and finals were held from 1997 through to, and including 2001.

[Steve Schachle]

On Wednesday, July 5, 1995 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, LiskoAJ wrote:

> 1973 Argonne Rebels (by declaration). The American Legion's National
> Convention was held in Honolulu, HI in 1973. Because the majority
> of the corps could not afford to travel to Hawaii, there
> was not an American Legion National Drum Corps Championship
> that year. Argonne having won the American Legion National Drum

> Corps Championship the two previous/consecutive years, was

> declared the winner for 1973.
> > 1974 PAL Cadets Miami, FL
>> 1975 Marquis Minneapolis, MN
>> 1976 Black Watch Seattle, WA
>> 1977 Crossmen Denver, CO

>> 1978 Long Island Kingsmen New Orleans, LA
>> 1979 Tie: Hutchinson Sky Ryders & Long Island Kingsmen Houston. TX

>> 1980 Arbella All-Girl Boston, MA

The 1980 Championship was the last for Jr. Corps competition. In 1997, a National Championship for Sr. Corps was revived, and finals were held from 1997 through to, and including 2001

Sorry for any confusion with this second posting, but I needed to make a correction. When I input the missing information for 1973-1980, I typed in Kings"men" for 1978 and 1979, but I didn't notice that it auto-corrected it to Kings"man", so I have now forced the correction.

Cheers!
Steve Schachle / Argonne Rebels color guard 1972, 1973, 1974