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American Legion Riders. Website. legion .org. The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, is a patriotic organization of U.S. war veterans headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It comprises state, U.S. territory, and overseas departments, in turn, made up of local posts. It was established in March 1919 in Paris, France, by officers ...
History of The American Legion. March 15, 1919 – Present day. Cover of the April 7th edition of American Legion Weekly highlighting the plight of unemployed American veterans in 1922. The history of The American Legion, a U.S. war veterans' organization headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, began in Paris, France, March 15 to 17, 1919, by a ...
The films produced with this footage from the Field Photographic Unit of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services combined with other moving pictures of Operation Overlord produced by the collective Allied militaries of World War II may also be known as the OSS/SHAEF D-Day films. Ford was the head of the U.S. government's Field Photographic Unit.
Two female veterans are leading American Legion posts in Monroe County. Angela Jaworski is the commander of American Legion Post 268 in Milan. Kathy Musick is the commander of James E. Yenor Post ...
November 11, 2023 at 2:59 PM. Veterans of all wars and community members were invited to attend a special Veterans Day service on Saturday at the Harry Higgins Post 88 of the American Legion in ...
Nov. 13—HENDERSON — Dozens of American Legion and Auxiliary members attended the Veterans Day ceremony at the American Legion Post #60 on Saturday. Following the singing of the National Anthem ...
Bonus Army. The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators – 17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups – who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates. Organizers called the demonstrators the Bonus Expeditionary Force (B.E ...
Oct. 25—The American Legion Post 430, 2701 East 8th. St. are hosting a ceremony celebrating all Veterans. Veterans Day is dedicated to American Veterans of all wars, and Veterans Day 2023 will ...