The American Legion
Who We Are
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time veterans organization. A community-service organization which now numbers nearly 3 million members -- men and women -- in nearly 15,000 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's national headquarters is in Indianapolis, Indiana, with additional offices in Washington, DC. In addition to thousands of volunteers serving in leadership and program implementation capacities in local communities to the Legion's standing national commissions and committees, the national organization has a regular full-time staff of about 300 employees.
Posts
The American Legion is incorporated by an act of Congress and is organized into local Posts which, for purposes of coordination and administration, are grouped into Departments. The Post is the community service outlet of The American Legion and provides opportunities for social activity and mutual support among the community's veterans. Our organization will stand or fall on our
ability to properly explain Legion programs and policies to members of the community and to successfully carry out selfless acts of service to our community, state and nation.
Post officials should strive to maintain a balance between the need to provide programs of entertainment and personal interest for members and the need for members to attend Post meetings and perform community service. As long as meetings are made attractive, members will attend. Where local activities are allowed to lag, membership will decrease. Every member of The American Legion has earned the right to belong, and in belonging has made a contribution of time and money the The American Legion can ill afford to squander.
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American Legion National Web Site
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