A thank you to Doug Lock (Secretary of the International Western USA Zone) who shared these photos with us during our 90th anniversary year.  Comrade Lock had received them from the survivor of a deceased Member of Branch 156 (Manhattan Beach) –  possibly the family of the late .  Also, thanks to the Vacaville Heritage Council for scanning most of the photos in for us.

• 7th Annual Convention – Santa Monica, CA (1937)
• 9th Annual Convention – Stockton, CA (July 1939)
• 10th Annual Convention – Ventura, CA (1940)
• 12th Annual Convention – Riverside, CA (1942)
• Northern Area & State Command Meeting – San Francisco, CA (04 July 1943)
• Northern Area Rally & Meeting – San Francisco, CA (01-02 July 1944)
• 17th Annual Convention – Sacramento, CA (03-06 July 1947)
• 19th Annual Convention – Oakland, CA (1949)
• 22nd Annual Convention, Western States Command – Long Beach, CA (03-06 July 1952)
• Past Presidents Dinner – Garden, CA (17 April 1954)
• 26th Annual Convention – Long Beach, CA (04-07 July 1956)

There were also two pictures that were included in this project that did not have any identifying information on them.

• Unknown Convention – Possibly in Sacramento, CA (1940s)
• Unknown Convention (1940s)

The convention booklet is from the forty-sixth annual convention of the Western States Command of the Royal Canadian Legion was held in Torrance, California from 02-04 September, 1977.

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Click here to see a PDF of the full booklet.

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The labeling near the bottom middle reads:

26th Annual Convention
Western States Command
Canadian Legion B.E.S.L.
Lafayette Hotel, Long Beach, California
July 4-7, 1956

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The labeling near the bottom right reads:

Past Presidents Dinner
Canadian Legion
Western Club Cafe, Garden, CA
April 17, 1954

Photo By
Dave Weaver