The end of World War One saw the organization of The American Legion in Paris. Major David S. Ritchie called a meeting of all ex-servicemen in Barnes County at Valley City on September 27, 1919 for the purpose of organizing a local post of the American Legion. At this meeting an application for a charter was signed, with the chapter members as follows: T. S. Henry, Ross Wells, L. D. Ferguson, C. W. Ferguson, R. J. McDonald, S. W. Cleven, Cliff McDonald, Burt V. Lippold, C. F. Mudgett, Neal H. Tracy, B. O. Swanson, Tom Grodem and Ole Bradvold. The Post was named after Lieut. Edgar Arlen Fisher, son of Chessmer and
Abegail Fisher. A Barnes County boy, Lieut. Fisher gave his life on July 1, 1918 on the Marne River.
Officers were elected at the October 4th meeting as follows: Post Commander, David S. Ritchie; Vice-Commander, Frank Beal, Jr.; Adjutant, R. J. McDonald; Historian, Fred J. Fredrickson; Finance Officer, C. R. Simpson and Chaplain, Palmer Enerson.
The year closed with a membership of fifty-six, a good start for the next sixty years of continued operation with veterans from World War Two, Korea and Vietnam to expand the program and the fellowship of this organization.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 328