THE AMERICAN LEGION
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Who We Are
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic,
mutual-help, and community service
organization which now numbers 2.4 million men and women
in more than 14,000 American Legion Posts worldwide.
These Posts are organized into 55 Departments one each for the 50 states, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, France, Mexico, and the Philippines.
The American Legion has its headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, with offices in Washington, D.C.
Inaddition to thousands of volunteers, serving in leadership
and program implementation capacities from the
communities to the Legion’s standing national commissions and committees,
the national organization has
a professional staff of about 250 employees.
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic,
mutual-help, and community service
organization which now numbers 2.4 million men and women
in more than 14,000 American Legion Posts worldwide.
These Posts are organized into 55 Departments one each for the 50 states, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, France, Mexico, and the Philippines.
The American Legion has its headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, with offices in Washington, D.C.
Inaddition to thousands of volunteers, serving in leadership
and program implementation capacities from the
communities to the Legion’s standing national commissions and committees,
the national organization has
a professional staff of about 250 employees.
Membership
Membership eligibility in The American Legion is based on honorable service
within the U.S. Armed Forces between
April 6, 1917 and November 11, 1918 (World War I);
December 7, 1941, to the date of cessation of armed hostilities as determined by the U.S. government.
http://www.legion.org/members
Membership eligibility in The American Legion is based on honorable service
within the U.S. Armed Forces between
April 6, 1917 and November 11, 1918 (World War I);
December 7, 1941, to the date of cessation of armed hostilities as determined by the U.S. government.
http://www.legion.org/members
Preamble
For God and Country we associate ourselves together for the following purposes:
- To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America;
- To maintain law and order;
- To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism;
- To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the great wars;
- To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation;
- To combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses;
- To make right the master of might;
- To promote peace and good will on earth;
- To safeguard and transmit
- To posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy;
- To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
For God and Country we associate ourselves together for the following purposes:
- To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America;
- To maintain law and order;
- To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism;
- To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the great wars;
- To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation;
- To combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses;
- To make right the master of might;
- To promote peace and good will on earth;
- To safeguard and transmit
- To posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy;
- To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
