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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 and men of the American ...
The American Legion Weekly. Vol. 4, no. 1. New York City: The American Legion. p. 11. OCLC 622734470 – via Internet Archive. ... he is now a National Vice-Commander of The American Legion, and his department, Vermont, is second in the list of States in proportion of Legionnaires to number of men contributed to the service. ^ McFarland, Keith ...
Forty and Eight. / 39.8252874; -86.1525609. La Société des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux (English: "The Society of 40 Men and 8 Horses" ), commonly known as the Forty and Eight, is a patriotic organization of U.S. veterans headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is made up of state, U.S. territory, and overseas grande, and these are in turn made ...
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 thousand commissioned officers and enlisted men, delegates from all the units of the American Expeditionary Forces to an organization caucus meeting, which adopted a tentative constitution and selected the name "American Legion."
The American Legion membership is 1.3 million members nationally now. There were 3.12 million members in 2000. Nationally, officers admitted, "It lacks younger members to carry on our legacy." The ...
American Veterans for Equal Rights. Army and Navy Union. Association of the United States Army. Aztec Club (organized by officers of the Mexican War) Blinded Veterans Association. Catholic War Veterans. Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association. DAV. Fleet Reserve Association.
The agreement approved by Centre County Judge Brian Marshall allows American Legion Post 245 — including its social club — to remain open. It also bars Nittany Post from interfering with Post ...
Sons of Veterans of the United States of America. Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War ( SUVCW) is an American congressionally chartered fraternal organization that carries out activities to preserve the history and legacy of the United States Armed Forces veterans who fought during the Civil War. It is the legal successor to the Grand Army ...