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Allen served in the [[United States Navy]] from 1943 to 1946 during [[World War II]] and again from 1950 to 1954 during the [[Korean War]]. He retired with the rank of captain from the U.S. Naval Reserve after more than three decades of total service. He was a former member of the Council of the Navy League of the United States, the Naval Reserve Association, and the Reserve Officers Association. Allen was a past commander of the Lowe-McFarland American Legion post in Shreveport. And he was chairman of the naval affairs committee of the Louisiana American Legion.​

Allen served in the [[United States Navy]] from 1943 to 1946 during [[World War II]] and again from 1950 to 1954 during the [[Korean War]]. He retired with the rank of captain from the U.S. Naval Reserve after more than three decades of total service. He was a former member of the Council of the Navy League of the United States, the Naval Reserve Association, and the Reserve Officers Association. Allen was a past commander of the Lowe-McFarland American Legion post in Shreveport. And he was chairman of the naval affairs committee of the Louisiana American Legion.​

==Republican campaign for Congress, 1956==​

==Republican campaign for Congress, 1956==

 

In 1956, Calhoun Allen was a 34-year-old [[Republican Party|Republican]], a supporter of President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]'s reelection, and his party's candidate for the 4th congressional district seat long held by the popular Democrat Thomas Overton Brooks (1897-1961). Allen's campaign was directed by his friend, Shreveport businessman and civic leader Charles Thomas Beaird, who earlier in the year had been elected as a Republican on the Caddo Parish Police Jury (renamed in 1984 as the Caddo Parish Commission). Political advertising showed World War II veterans Eisenhower and Allen shaking hands and outlined their points of similarity. Allen stressed the need for two-party politics and said that the one-party South could benefit from an infusion of Republicanism. He attacked Democratic presidential nominee [[Adlai Stevenson]] of [[Illinois]] as "radical" in nature, while Eisenhower, he said, was "moderate on [[civil rights]].<ref name=tst>''The Shreveport Times]],'' November 4, 1956, p. 2B.</ref>​

In 1956, Calhoun Allen was a 34-year-old [[Republican Party|Republican]], a supporter of President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]'s reelection, and his party's candidate for the 4th congressional district seat long held by the popular Democrat Thomas Overton Brooks (1897-1961). Allen's campaign was directed by his friend, Shreveport businessman and civic leader Charles Thomas Beaird, who earlier in the year had been elected as a Republican on the Caddo Parish Police Jury (renamed in 1984 as the Caddo Parish Commission). Political advertising showed World War II veterans Eisenhower and Allen shaking hands and outlined their points of similarity. Allen stressed the need for two-party politics and said that the one-party South could benefit from an infusion of Republicanism. He attacked Democratic presidential nominee [[Adlai Stevenson]] of [[Illinois]] as "radical" in nature, while Eisenhower, he said, was "moderate on [[civil rights]].<ref name=tst>''The Shreveport Times]],'' November 4, 1956, p. 2B.</ref>​

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Allen was honored by the L. Calhoun Allen Exposition Hall on the Clyde Fant Parkway. The facility was part of the Red River convention complex but was considered too small for conventions but suitable for gun shows and similar events, but the acoustics rendered it undesirable for concerts. The facility was hence renamed StageWorks of Louisiana.​

Allen was honored by the L. Calhoun Allen Exposition Hall on the Clyde Fant Parkway. The facility was part of the Red River convention complex but was considered too small for conventions but suitable for gun shows and similar events, but the acoustics rendered it undesirable for concerts. The facility was hence renamed StageWorks of Louisiana.​

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