by Scott Marshutz | May 6, 2022
Looking for a way to embrace our nation’s newest branch of service, Ronald Reagan Palisades Post 283 Commander Jim Cragg reached out to the US Space Force to set up a Legion-sponsored family day for Legion Family and USSF families. As a focal point, he requested a...
by Kevin Burns | Mar 14, 2022
Eddie Rickenbacker, a beloved veteran of the American Legion,[1] first rose to prominence as a race-car driver having appeared in every Indianapolis 500 race before World War I, and as a driver for the factory teams of Peugeot and Maxwell. Rickenbacker wasn’t...
by caLegion Contributor | Mar 11, 2022
The California American Legion Aeronautics and Aerospace Commission has been working hard to carry out its charge to promote civilian air activities and Aerospace research. Its chairman, Kevin Burns, has done well to keep The American Legion advised of all activity in...
by Kevin Burns | Mar 7, 2022
I recently received a message from the Department Historian, Fred Shacklett, as he had been contacted by a family member of Dr. Charles Curtis “CC” Wallingsford who had found a certificate identical to the one in the picture. The Department Historian found the...
by Kevin Burns | Feb 28, 2022
In 1927, the race for the Orteig prize became one of the greatest sporting events in all history. People around the world followed every tidbit of news that was reported on it. Often if there was no news, reporters simply made it up to sell newspapers. It was...
by Kevin Burns | Feb 21, 2022
Development of modern stealth technologies in the United States began in 1958, when earlier attempts to prevent radar tracking of its U-2 spy planes during the Cold War by the Soviet Union had been unsuccessful. “Radar” which is short for RAdio Detection And...
