The American Legion National HQ

The American Legion National HQ

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The American Legion is the nation's largest organization of war-time veterans, advocating daily on behalf of our veterans, military, their families.
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Motorcycle ride will travel 1,300 miles through seven states to raise funds for…

A preview of Discovery Channel’s new miniseries “Harley and the Davidsons” will be shown Aug. 20 at Post 64 for Legion Riders,…

2016 Legacy Run will include multiple wreath-laying ceremonies along 1,284-mile route.

Children of post-9/11 veterans with a 50 percent or higher VA disability rating can now apply to the scholarship, which will award up to $20,000.

Traveling more than 6,000 miles across the country for 16 months, Adam Sandoval raised more than $191,000 for The American Legion Legacy Scholarship Fund.

Three California Legionnaires traveling 1,500 miles in 24 hours on motorcycle to raise money for the Legion's Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation program.

A POW-MIA chair will be honored at the Indiana War Memorial May 26.

Wreath laying at Arlington National Cemetery, candlelight vigil and Run to the Thunder part of the weekend events.

Three California Legionnaires traveling 1,500 miles in 24 hours on motorcycle to raise money for the Legion's Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation program.

The website was announced during Legion Spring Meetings, along with the regional tournament sites for 2017 and 2018, and support of the Taylor Hooton Foundation.

Children of post-9/11 veterans with a 50 percent or higher VA disability rating can now apply to the scholarship, which will award up to $20,000.

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Johnny Cash enlisted in the Air Force and was stationed in Landsberg, Germany until being honorably discharged in 1954

Most decorated Veteran of WWII. If you haven't seen "To Hell and Back: The story of Audie Murphy" do it. Amazing what this kid did, and he played himself in the film.

WWI Charles White Whittlesey: Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, Commander of The Lost Battalion, Argonne Forest, France. Major in the 77th Div 308th Battalion Oct 1918, Whittlesey recv'd battlefield promotion to lieutenant-colonel. Two Soldiers also awarded the Medal of Honor for affecting the breakthrough & German retreat. Two aviators from the 50th Aero Squadron who flew over the ravine to locate the position of the Battalion for aerial resupply recv'd the Medal of Honor posthumous...

Vietnam Women's Memorial Statue in Washington DC. It depicts nurses helping the wounded

At exactly 11:11 a.m. every Veteran’s Day (Nov. 11), the sun aligns perfectly with the Anthem Veteran’s Memorial in Arizona to shine through the ellipses of the five marble pillars representing each branch of the Armed Forces, illuminating The Great Seal of the United States (click pic to read more)

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