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Appendix V: National Conventions- Locations and Dates

No. Dates Held Location
1st November 10-12, 1919 Minneapolis, MN
2nd September 27-29, 1920 Cleveland, OH
3rd Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 1921 Kansas City, MO
4th October 16-20, 1922 New Orleans, LA
5th October 16-19, 1923 San Francisco, CA
6th September 15-19, 1924 St. Paul, MN
7th October 5-9, 1925 Omaha, NE
8th October 11-15, 1926 Philadelphia, PA
9th September 19-22, 1927 Paris, France
9th October 18, 1927 New York, NY
10th October 8-11, 1928 San Antonio, TX
11th Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 1929 Louisville, KY
12th October 6-9, 1930 Boston, MA
13th September 21-24, 1931 Detroit, MI
14th September 12-15, 1932 Portland, OR
15th October 2-5, 1933 Chicago, IL
16th October 22-25, 1934 Miami, FL
17th September 23-26, 1935 St. Louis, MO
18th September 21-24, 1936 Cleveland, OH
19th September 20-23, 1937 New York, NY
20th September 19-22, 1938 Los Angeles, CA
21st September 25-28, 1939 Chicago, IL
22nd September 23-26, 1940 Boston, MA
23rd September 15-18, 1941 Milwaukee, WI
24th September 19-21, 1942 Kansas City, MO
25th September 21-23, 1943 Omaha, NE
26th September 18-20, 1944 Chicago, IL
27th November 18-21, 1945 Chicago, IL
28th Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 1946 San Francisco, CA
29th August 28-31, 1947 New York, NY
30th October 18-21, 1948 Miami, FL
31st Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 1949 Philadelphia, PA
32nd October 9-12, 1950 Los Angeles, CA
33rd October 15-18, 1951 Miami, FL
34th August 25-28, 1952 New York, NY
35th Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 1953 St. Louis, MO
36th Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 1954 Washington, DC
37th October 10-13, 1955 Miami, FL
38th September 3-6, 1956 Los Angeles, CA
39th September 16-19, 1957 Atlantic City, NJ
40th September 1-4, 1958 Chicago, IL
41st August 25-27, 1959 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
42nd October 15-20, 1960 Miami Beach, FL
43rd September 9-14, 1961 Denver, CO
44th October 5-11, 1962 Las Vegas, NV
45th September 6-12, 1963 Miami Beach, FL
46th September 18-24, 1964 Dallas, TX
47th August 20-26, 1965 Portland, OR
48th Aug. 26-Sept. 1, 1966 Washington, DC
49th August 25-31, 1967 Boston, MA
50th September 6-12, 1968 New Orleans, LA
51st August 22-28, 1969 Atlanta, GA
52nd Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 1970 Portland, OR
53rd Aug. 27-Sept. 2, 1971 Houston, TX
54th August 18-24, 1972 Chicago, IL
55th August 17-23, 1973 Honolulu, HI
56th August 16-22, 1974 Miami Beach, FL
57th August 15-21, 1975 Minneapolis, MN
58th August 20-26, 1976 Seattle, WA
59th August 19-25, 1977 Denver, CO
60th August 18-24, 1978 New Orleans, LA
61st August 17-23, 1979 Houston, TX
62nd August 15-21, 1980 Boston, MA
63rd Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 1981 Honolulu, HI
64th August 20-26, 1982 Chicago, IL
65th August 19-25, 1983 Seattle, WA
66th September 3-5, 1984 Salt Lake City, UT
67th August 23-28, 1985 New Orleans, LA
68th Aug. 29-Sept. 5, 1986 Cincinnati, OH
69th August 21-27, 1987 San Antonio, TX
70th September 6-8, 1988 Louisville, KY
71st September 5-7, 1989 Baltimore, MD
72nd August 28-30, 1990 Indianapolis, IN
73rd September 3-5, 1991 Phoenix, AZ
74th August 25-27, 1992 Chicago, IL
75th September 3-9, 1993 Pittsburgh, PA
76th September 6-8, 1994 Minneapolis, MN
77th September 4-6, 1995 Indianapolis, IN
78th Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1996 Salt Lake City, UT
79th Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 1997 Orlando, FL
80th September 4-10, 1998 New Orleans, LA
81st September 3-9, 1999 Anaheim, CA
82nd September 1-7, 2000 Milwaukee, WI
83rd August 24-30, 2001 San Antonio, TX
84th August 23-29, 2002 Charlotte, NC
85th August 22-28, 2003 St. Louis, MO
86th Aug. 27-Sept. 2, 2004 Nashville, TN
87th August 19-25, 2005 Honolulu, HI
88th August 18-24, 2006 Salt Lake City, UT
89th August 24-30, 2007 Reno, NV