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Website. alaforveterans .org. The American Legion Auxiliary ( ALA) is a separate entity from the American Legion that shares the same values. It is composed of spouses, mothers, daughters, granddaughters, and sisters of American war veterans. Founded in 1919, the ALA is dedicated to serving veterans, military, and their families.
Boys State and Girls State. The American Legion Boys State and American Legion Auxiliary Girls State are summer leadership and citizenship programs for high school juniors, which focus on exploring the mechanics of American government and politics. The programs are sponsored by the American Legion (AL) and the American Legion Auxiliary (ALA ...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars ( VFW ), formally the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, is an organization of U.S. war veterans who fought in wars, campaigns, and expeditions on foreign land, waters, or airspace as military service members. [5] [7] Established on September 29, 1899, in Columbus, Ohio, [8] the VFW is headquartered in ...
The American Legion Auxiliary-Lee Bishop Unit 464, a veteran's service organization, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Over the years, the organization assisted with many community ...
History. The first American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation was held August 9-August 14, 1947, with 82 girls and 41 states participating. It has been held each year subsequently. In order to attend the event, participating Girls State sessions select two participants to represent the state at Girls Nation. It, much like Girls State, is a "hands ...
The Paris Caucus. The American Legion was established in Paris, France, on 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 ...
May 22, 2024 at 1:00 PM. Steve Bloom/sbloom@theolympan.com. Nearly a year after the Washington state chapter of the American Legion was suspended for “dysfunction” and disbanded, the Legion ...