The origins of our branch go back to 1939 when Richard W. Dundon, a Welsh-American who emigrated to the US in 1927, formed an Anglo-American League in his new home of Syracuse.  Its purpose was to temporarily house British children from the bombings of WW II.

After the war Dundon met with New York City English-Speaking Union official Bill Griffith, and the two groups decided to remake the Syracuse Anglo-American League into a branch of the English-Speaking Union.  The official founding of the Syracuse Branch of the E-SU was June 30, 1948, with Richard Dundon as the first president.

The branch continues today celebrating our past history, such as the traditional garden parties of its early years, to today’s speakers with programs of current interest.