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The Legion of Valor of the United States of America, commonly known as the Legion of Valor, is a war veterans' organization created to promote patriotic allegiance, fidelity to the United States Constitution, and popular support for civil liberties and the permanence of free institutions. [1] Membership is open to recipients of the Medal of ...
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 ...
A complete list of the members of the Legion from 1802, when the award was established, does not exist. The number of awards is estimated at one million. [ citation needed ] Approximately 3,000 of these were awarded at the most senior rank of Grand Cross (including 1,200 French nationals).
China Post One, formed in 1919, one year after the "great war" and chartered by The American Legion on April 20, 1920, was originally named the General Frederick Townsend Ward Post No. 1, China. It is the only post nominally headquartered in a Communist country, and has been operating in exile since 1948—presently in Fate, Texas .
Barfoot contested their order, [13] [14] and received support from the public (48,000 people on a Facebook page), [15] from the American Legion, from military groups, and from many politicians, including Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Jim Webb, and White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. [16]
The awards are traditionally published and promoted on 14 July. [5] The following is a non-exhaustive list of recipients of the Legion of Honour awards, since the first ceremony in July 1804. [3] 2,550 individuals can be awarded the insignia every year. [5] The total number of awards is close to 1 million [6] (estimated at 900,000 in 2021, [5 ...
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 ...
The Legion of Honour was awarded on August 24, 2015, to two US Servicemen. Specialist Alek Skarlatos , a National Guardsman based in Oregon, and Airman First Class Spencer Stone, were awarded the Legion of Honour by French President Francois Hollande saying they "gave a lesson in courage" by subduing a heavily armed attacker on a high-speed ...