150th Old Soldiers and Sailors Reunion
American Legion Post 102 leads community celebration that began in the aftermath of the Civil War.![Volunteers stoke the fires beneath 50 kettles the morning of the bean feed.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/IMG_8603.jpg?itok=2M3DsegB)
Volunteers stoke the fires beneath 50 kettles the morning of the bean feed.
![Jack McGowen monitors progress of the bean feed, which he has helped put on since 1966.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/IMG_8633.jpg?itok=6vWIy0N8)
Jack McGowen monitors progress of the bean feed, which he has helped put on since 1966.
![A 75-gallon kettle from one of the early bean feeds, donated by a local family, is displayed near the Veterans Memorial Wall on the courthouse.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/IMG_8616.jpg?itok=fcA19-UG)
A 75-gallon kettle from one of the early bean feeds, donated by a local family, is displayed near the Veterans Memorial Wall on the courthouse.
![American Legion Department of Kansas Past Department Commanders Gaylord Sanneman, left, and Paul Sanford, right, have been coming to the bean feed for over a decade.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/IMG_8607.jpg?itok=Y2MEN2y-)
American Legion Department of Kansas Past Department Commanders Gaylord Sanneman, left, and Paul Sanford, right, have been coming to the bean feed for over a decade.
![American Legion Department of Kansas Commander Randy Frank performs the ceremonial first dip with assistance from Post 102 Commander Dale Jeffrey.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/IMG_8650.jpg?itok=vRVwY4Qy)
American Legion Department of Kansas Commander Randy Frank performs the ceremonial first dip with assistance from Post 102 Commander Dale Jeffrey.
![American Legion Family members from across Kansas gather in advance of the bean feed on July 14.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/IMG_8642.jpg?itok=3rN2O0AT)
American Legion Family members from across Kansas gather in advance of the bean feed on July 14.
![Members of the Commanding General’s Mounted Color Guard appear at the reading of names at the Veterans Memorial Wall on July 15 in Erie, Kan.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/IMG_8687.jpg?itok=mmZuyA3h)
Members of the Commanding General’s Mounted Color Guard appear at the reading of names at the Veterans Memorial Wall on July 15 in Erie, Kan.
![Saturday parade attendees are treated to a flyover under sunny skies in downtown Erie, Kan.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/IMG_8736.jpg?itok=hT56JyUq)
Saturday parade attendees are treated to a flyover under sunny skies in downtown Erie, Kan.
![Legionnaires march in the Saturday morning parade as part of the Old Soldiers & Sailors Reunion in Erie, Kan.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/IMG_8706.jpg?itok=pYF4dLDc)
Legionnaires march in the Saturday morning parade as part of the Old Soldiers & Sailors Reunion in Erie, Kan.