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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 [citation needed] John Breckinridge: World War II Era: U.S. Army [citation needed] Maurice Britt: World War II Era: U.S. Army [citation needed ...
American Legion Building, Garden City, Kansas, photographed by John Margolies in 1979 American Legion Post and Masonic lodge, Paso Robles, California, 1977 American Legion, San Antonio, Texas, 1982 As the new veterans returned home, membership soared to 3.3 million in 1946, triple the prewar number.
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The Forty and Eight was founded in March, 1920, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when World War I veteran Joseph Breen and 15 other members of The American Legion came together and organized it as an honor society for the Legion. They envisioned a new and different level of elite membership and camaraderie for leaders of the Legion.
Many of the S.A.L. members never returned from World War II and those that did found that their service had made them eligible to join the ranks of the American Legion itself, which, in 1942 opened the door to the returning World War II veterans. Membership dropped from a high of 72,633 in 1939 to a low of 5,631 in 1953.
Boys Nation is an annual forum concerning civic training, government, leadership, and Americanism that is run by the American Legion. [2] One hundred Boys Nation Senators are chosen from a pool of over 20,000 Boys State participants, making it one of the most selective educational programs in the United States.
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, Walter Long, and Adolph Menjou.