Together we can.

The men of the James G. Zimmerman Post 340 from its organization in 1930, have had the welfare of our Community, our Country, and our Veterans, as their primary concern.

The Auxiliary and Sons on the American Legion are always right beside our Legionnaires promoting and assisting in their programs.

May the memory of those members of our Ame

The men of the James G. Zimmerman Post 340 from its organization in 1930, have had the welfare of our Community, our Country, and our Veterans, as their primary concern.

The Auxiliary and Sons on the American Legion are always right beside our Legionnaires promoting and assisting in their programs.

May the memory of those members of our American Legion Family, whose seats remain vacant today, and the Blessing of their lives of service to God and Country, inspire each of us to rededicate ourselves to the mission of the American Legion in their memory. 

Duncannon received a temporary charter from National on December 17, 1929 allowing them to move forward and elect officers.  They didn't realize their own post until January 1930, when 33 young Veterans met to affix their names to the charter.  The James G. Zimmerman American Legion Post #340 was born May 23, 1930.

The post was named for a

Duncannon received a temporary charter from National on December 17, 1929 allowing them to move forward and elect officers.  They didn't realize their own post until January 1930, when 33 young Veterans met to affix their names to the charter.  The James G. Zimmerman American Legion Post #340 was born May 23, 1930.

The post was named for a much loved local boy who graduated from Duncannon High School in 1910.  On September 5, 1918, he arrived for duty at the Officers Training Corps.  He fell ill from the great influenza epidemic that swept the country and he died on October 17, 1918 at Camp Taylor, Kentucky.  James was 28 years old and had only been in military service for 42 days. 

Just months after the men of Duncannon received their charter, they invited their mothers, sisters, daughters, and wives to form an Auxiliary Unit.  The women applied for a charter on April 6, 1931.  The Charter was forwarded to National Headquarters and the post officially had an Auxiliary as of April 30, 1931.

51 South Main Street

Duncannon, PA 17020 

After World War II, there were hundreds of local servicemen and women returning home from overseas. There was a renewed interest in the American Legion because of the help offered for employment, medical care, education, and assistance for the widows and children left behind.

Locally, the old Wister 

51 South Main Street

Duncannon, PA 17020 

After World War II, there were hundreds of local servicemen and women returning home from overseas. There was a renewed interest in the American Legion because of the help offered for employment, medical care, education, and assistance for the widows and children left behind.

Locally, the old Wister mansion, though large, would prove to be no longer suitable for our home.  The membership had swelled to almost 700 Legionnaires. 

The new building was dedicated on June 23, 1949.  Today, visitors to our Post can see the ceremonial chrome shovel that was used at the dedication in 1949.  The new building housed a 50' by 90' ballroom and could seat 500 people. There was a 46' bar-and-grill in the canteen area and 2 small bars and a kitchen in the banquet room.  The financing for the building was covered mostly from slot machines and money wheels.  Some might still remember the "one armed bandits" that were sometimes quickly removed when word came that G-men were in the vicinity.

Changes in lifestyles and music, along with the introduction of jukeboxes in the 1950's, brought some financial challenges.  A meeting was called for the entire membership of 529 members in 1964 to search for a remedy to the financial woes of the club.  Hope came from Past Commander Richard Mutzabaugh, when he made a generous offer that would involve his business only using the ballroom and its kitchen.

Mutzabaugh's covered the costs of all renovations, bringing their store from North High Street to this location.  The deal included them paying all costs of returning the structure back to its original form whenever the store vacated our property.  Not only did the family solve our property dilemma, the club's heating bill was often covered by the Mutzabaugh's.  This arrangement continued from April 1965, until Mutzabaugh's moved up the hill to Friendly Drive.