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The organization belongs to the people it serves and the communities in which it thrives.

Post 16 was named in honor of Robert H. Burns

He was born on October 8, 1889 in Madisonville, Louisiana.
He served with the U.S. Infantry
128th Infantry of the 32nd Division in France.
Wounded in action.
Inducted into the Legion on May 29, 1918.
He died on November 11, 1918.