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The Paris Caucus. The American Legion was established in Paris, France, on March 15 to 17, 1919, by a thousand commissioned officers and enlisted men, delegates from all the units of the American Expeditionary Forces to an organization caucus meeting, which adopted a tentative constitution and selected the name "American Legion".
The NLH "frankly admit[ed]" to being an "offspring" of the American Legion of Honor [11] The Northwest Legion of Honor offered insurance certificates of $500, $1000, $2000 and $3,000. Assessments were graded by age, and one fifth was set aside for a fund to be used in the case of an epidemic or other increase in the death rate. [12]
Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References Perry Belmont: World War I Era: U.S. Army [citation needed]Humphrey Bogart: World War I Era: U.S. Navy [2]Hale Boggs: World War II Era: U.S. Navy
Offered death and sick benefits on an assessment plan. [6] Disbanded by 1931. [7] American Benevolent Association – Founded in 1894 in St. Louis. Open to men 14–65 and women 14–55. there were 12,000 members in the late 1890s, spread out across Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Iowas, Nebraska, Kansas, Indian Territory ...
Franklin D'Olier (April 28, 1877 – December 10, 1953) was an American businessman who served as the first national commander of The American Legion from 1919 to 1920. He was also the grandfather of academic writer and poet F. D. Reeve, and the great-grandfather of actor Christopher Reeve.
An ongoing lawsuit brought about by three legion members alleged former officers at the Washington American Legion paid themselves and others more than $417,000 in unauthorized bonuses and hid ...
Armand's Legion (1778–83), an American dragoon unit of the American Continental Army British Legion (American Revolution) (1778–83), made up of Loyalist American infantry and cavalry Jamaica Legion, fighting on the British side in the American War of Independence , involved in the San Juan Expedition (1780)
Founder and Commander of American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers). Founder of Civil Air Transport (Later known as Air America). Post Commander of American Legion China Post 1 Shanghai. Thomas W. Chittum: 1947– early 1970s–1992 Croatia Rhodesia: A Vietnam War veteran who fought in the Rhodesian War and Croatian War of Independence.