American Legion
Recent News About American Legion
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AMERICAN LEGION: Phone calls result in 350 Legionnaires transferred into local posts
The Department of Kentucky’s first statewide revitalization led to the transfer of more than 350 DMS members into a local post. And it was the result of just a few Legionnaires making phone calls.
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AMERICAN LEGION: American Legion TFA Applications Will Resume Normal Process
Now that President Trump has signed a bill to reopen the federal government until at least Feb. 15, the U.S. Coast Guard will receive its back pay and a regular paycheck next week.
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AMERICAN LEGION: Commander Calls on Members to Make 'Buddy Checks'
American Legion National Commander Brett Reistad is calling on posts, districts, counties and departments to coordinate a team and call Legionnaires and former members simply to see how they are doing.
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AMERICAN LEGION: Donations to TFA needed to continue providing help
The American Legion’s Temporary Financial Assistance program has provided nearly $600,000 in grants to active-duty U.S. Coast Guard members with minor children in the home who missed a paycheck last week as a result of the current government shutdown.
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AMERICAN LEGION: Legion posts step up to assist Coast Guard
Each year, Kenneth H. Nash Post 8 in Washington, D.C., does quarterly fundraisers for various veterans charities. But Jan. 17, that fundraiser is going to focus on a very specific beneficiary: those members of the U.S. Coast Guard who didn’t get paid this week because of the government shutdown.
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AMERICAN LEGION: Legion Baseball Well-Represented at Record-Setting ABCA Convention
The 75th annual American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Convention took place in suburban Dallas at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas.
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AMERICAN LEGION: Legion Presence Prominent at Student Veterans Conference
Nearly 2,500 student veterans descended on Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort January 3-5 for the Student Veterans of America (SVA) National Conference, and among them were many students who were Legionnaires.
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AMERICAN LEGION: Membership effort set for California
American Legion national staff and Department of California Legionnaires will team up for a district revitalization and membership outreach effort Jan. 17-19 in the Sacramento Valley area.
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AMERICAN LEGION: Veterans outreach coming to North Carolina
American Legion national staff and Department of North Carolina Legionnaires will team up for a district revitalization and membership outreach effort Jan. 17-18 at three different locations.
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AMERICAN LEGION: Registration open for 2019 American Legion Baseball season
Returning coaches may renew their teams or register new teams. New coaches should contact their department’s chairman to find out more information about state-specific rules and deadlines.
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AMERICAN LEGION: $744,620 in grants distributed by American Legion in 2018
Through The American Legion's National Emergency Fund (NEF), Temporary Financial Assistance (TFA) and Operation Comfort Warriors (OCW) program, military and veterans' families are assisted following the aftermath of natural disasters, during times of financial need, and when recovering from various wounds and illnesses.
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AMERICAN LEGION: Reistad focuses on national defense in meeting with Taiwan president
There have been many significant milestones in National Commander Brett Reistad’s Far East tour, but none bigger than his meeting with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen at the presidential palace in Taipei on Dec. 17.
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AMERICAN LEGION: My family will always remember the generosity
The Exposition Hall of the Hendricks County Fairground in Danville, Ind., was once again decked out in Christmas cheer as children eagerly eyed the long tables stacked high with wrapped gifts at the Indiana Blue Star Program’s fifth annual Spirit of Christmas event.
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AMERICAN LEGION: Potential shutdown unlikely to impact DoD, VA
With another partial government shutdown looming in the coming week, it’s unlikely – but not completely assured – that the shutdown will have an impact on the Department of Defense.
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AMERICAN LEGION: Legion Riders Chapter Makes Special Delivery To Area Veterans
With average winter temperatures barely topping the mid-20s as a high and dipping into single digits for the low, The American Legion Riders from Caryl Sydney Hanson Post 255 in Brainerd, Minn., are somewhat limited as to outdoor riding activities over the holiday season.
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AMERICAN LEGION: Pearl Harbor 77 years later: forging the future, remembering the fallen
In recognition of their dwindling numbers, American Legion National Commander Brett Reistad made it a point to meet several of the few Pearl Harbor veterans left as he attended the battle’s National Remembrance Day Commemoration Friday morning in Hawaii.
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AMERICAN LEGION: Reistad to Young Marines: Treasure the Greatest Generation
Many of the heroes of Pearl Harbor and World War II were teenagers who accomplished amazing deeds.
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AMERICAN LEGION: New membership incentives for departments and posts
As an incentive to reach 100 percent membership department wide in celebration of The American Legion’s 100th anniversary, posts and departments have a chance to earn money.
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AMERICAN LEGION: Arizona Legion Riders bringing toys to area youth
For 12 years, American Legion Riders Chapter 35 in Chandler, Ariz., has used Thanksgiving weekend to collect toys for needy children.
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AMERICAN LEGION: Legion Family lends helping hands after deadly wildfire
Even after losing their own homes in the Camp Fire that destroyed much of Paradise, Calif., earlier this month, a group of veterans and Sons of The American Legion members are working to provide other veterans left homeless from the fire a glimmer of hope.