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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".
American Legion Baseball is a variety of amateur baseball played by 13-to-19-year-olds in fifty states in the U.S. and Canada. More than 3,500 teams participate each year. The American Legion Department of South Dakota established the program in 1925 at Milbank, South Dakota .
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 ...
In the back-to-back years (1994 & 1995), Ellis earned South Dakota American Legion Player of the Year honors. [2] In 2012, American Legion Baseball named Ellis the program's Graduate of the Year. [3] He went on to play for the University of Florida Gators baseball program and was the MVP of the Gainesville regional at the 1998 College World ...
The American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) is a separate entity from the American Legion that shares the same values. It is composed of spouses, mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, granddaughters, grandsons, and brothers, & sisters of American war veterans. Founded in 1919, the ALA is dedicated to serving veterans, military, and their families.
American Legion Post 43, in Hollywood, California was founded in 1919 by World War I veterans in the motion picture business such as founding members Cecil B. DeMille
American Legion Hall, Post, Building, Hut, or variations, refers to buildings associated with the American Legion. Such buildings in the United States include:
The American Legion of Texas established what eventually was called the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Kerrville, in 1919. [20] The Schreiner Institute was established in Kerrville from 1917 to 1923. [21] In 1926, Ora Johnson established Camp Waldemar Christian girls camp in Hunt. [22] Mooney Aircraft was established in 1929 in Kerrville. [23]