John F. McNulty

Born in Crisfield, Maryland, May 29, 1896.  Attended the University of Maryland and St. Charles College, Cape Charles, Virginia, graduated 1916.  Married. John F. McNulty died August 1986

John F. McNulty served in the U.S. Navy as lieutenant commander, 1917-1919, and as captain, 1942-1945.  He was a member of the Maryland Council of Defense and Resources and served on its Civil Protection Committee about 1940 to 1941.  He was president of the Continental Feed Corporation of Baltimore.  He also served as a state service officer for the Maryland Veterans Commission.  In 1940 he was president of the Maryland State Firemen's Association.  In the spring of 1940, he was appointed by Governor Herbert R. O'Conor to the newly-formed Maryland Council of Defenses.  In 1934 and 1935 he was a State Commander in the American Legion.  He served in the Maryland House of Delegates (D) Anne Arundel County, from 1947 to 1966.  He chaired the Alcoholic Beverages Committee.  In 1952 he became a member of the governor's Legislative Council.  He also served as a member of the Commission to Implement the Patuxent River Watershed Act of 1961.  He was chair of the Anne Arundel County Social Services Board about 1974.  About 1983 he was chair of the Maryland Veterans Home Commission.*

Our Post is proud to bear and honor the name of John F. McNulty Memorial Post 298 in remembrance to his statesmanship, his burden for welfare of our veterans and his vigor for life who was largely responsible in the fight for money in our State Capitol and on the federal level to see that Charlotte Hall Veterans Home was built. He was also the chairperson (1983) for the Maryland Veterans Home Commission. If it was not for his patronage and others (including Edward Conroy and Comptroller Louis L. Goldstein) the facility would have never been built.

Because of this achievement and in his honor our Post bears his name where we exist within the walls that he helped to build.