Long Ago Avon/Avon Lake: First Ladies Auxiliary installation at VFW Post 7035

This photo was taken by Avon Lake’s John Robertson who passed away in January 2011 at age 86.  The photo is now a part of Cleveland State University’s Cleveland Memory Project.

The photo is titled, “Ladies Auxiliary of the Avon Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars, Avon Lake, Ohio 1967.”

The photo captures the first Ladies Auxiliary installation held at the VFW Post 7035 in Avon. It is currently in the respository of the Avon Lake Public Library. (Copyright information.)

 John was a World War II vet who parachuted into France during the Normandy invasion, earning a Purple Heart.   

He served as president of the Avon Lake Historical and was a member of the  Avon Lake VFW Post 8796 and North Ridgeville VFW Post 9871.