American Legion Post 30 has stood along West Main Street for 90 years.

"It's definitely a cornerstone of the Radford community," the post's vice commander, Dana Jackson, said.

It's nearly as old as the charter itself which was established in 1919, the same year the national American Legion organization was formed.

Over the years, the building has served the community in several ways. Jackson said its been a voting precinct, a dance studio, a rehearsal space, a courthouse, a senior citizen center, and housed the chamber of commerce.

"It has done everything it could to assist the Radford community in any way," Jackson said.

However, the building is no longer in its prime.

"Well the plumbing in the restroom needs to be made a priority. We need the eaves replaced on the side of the roof," Jackson said.

There's no air conditioning or heat, and the walls need to be touched up.

"We could use some help in getting the building fixed up," Richard Lyckman, Post 30's commander, said.

Councilwoman Jessie Critterton heard the need and brought it to city council's attention Monday night.

"We have a big heart, we have a lot of local expertise, and a lot of able hands, and a huge respect for our veterans," Critterton said.

She posted on Facebook Tuesday asking for ways people could help. That's how Anthony Smith, who works in construction, ended up here on the very next day.

"Being in the business, I felt like we could come down here and see what they needed," Smith said.

"It's just sort of built up a speed, a storm of it's own," Onassis Burress, the post's public relations officer, said. "I'm hoping that it will result in us renovating this building and getting it back to a state of repair that it deserves."

For the veterans that gather here, this building is more than four walls and roof.

"It's a place to get together with a lot of the guys who served, kind of shoot the bull a little bit," Lyckman said. "I hope we can get it fixed and get it back to it's former glory. That's what I look for."

To find out how you can donate time, money, or your skills, you can contact Radford's American Legion through

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