South Carolina Legionnaire is custodian of Legion archives.
American Legion posts with memorabilia of past or present drum and bugle corps – especially those that may have competed at the national convention – are encouraged to contact Bob Zinko of Summerville, S.C. The Legionnaire and corps aficionado has been custodian of the drum and bugle archives at National Headquarters since 1990, and has made it his mission to preserve as much as he can of the rich local history of these groups. He currently has files on more than 6,000 posts.
Since a June 2012 feature in The American Legion Magazine profiled Zinko, he estimates he has made more than 250 additional visits to posts across the country, and he thinks many posts “not even aware of what they have.” If a post doesn’t have specific plans for Auxiliary scrapbooks, personalized instruments, trophies, photos, etc., Zinko would be happy to add them to the collection at his home. He would also like to visit anything being retained at the posts themselves.
Contact Bob Zinko by email zinkor@yahoo.com or phone (843) 761-0751.
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