by Rikki Almanza | Apr 23, 2024
This year, American Legion Family Day falls on April 27. This annual event encourages Legion posts nationwide to open their doors to their communities, extending a warm welcome to all, as they gather to honor and celebrate the achievements of Legionnaires, Sons of The...
by Rikki Almanza | Apr 19, 2024
On April 26, California American Legion posts, Culver City Post 46, Los Angeles Post 8 and Ronald Reagan Post 283, are partnering with the Los Angeles County Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for a Veteran Women Suicide Prevention Conference. The event,...
by Rikki Almanza | Apr 18, 2024
Chip Ganassi Racing and The American Legion are promoting Netflix’s upcoming comedy film ‘Unfrosted,’ directed by Jerry Seinfeld. Rookie Linus Lundqvist will drive a No. 8 American Legion Chip Ganassi Racing Honda during the NTT INDYCAR Series at the...
by Rikki Almanza | Apr 16, 2024
American Legion Chino Post 299 celebrated its 100th anniversary with a gala in Chino on Saturday, April 6. The post was renamed on Nov. 7, 2018, after Elmer Carl Jertberg, who helped organize the post in 1924 and was chosen as its first commander. Jertberg, born Feb....
by Rikki Almanza | Apr 12, 2024
Veteran-owned distillery, Hotel Tango Distillery, based in Indianapolis, is pledging to donate $1 of every bottle sold of its limited-time Red, White & Bourbon to support The American Legion’s Be the One suicide prevention mission.The Red, White & Bourbon...
by Rikki Almanza | Apr 2, 2024
Lou Conter, American Legion Frank Gallino Post 130 member and the last survivor of the USS Arizona, the battleship sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has passed away on April 1 at the age of 102. Born in Ojibwa, Wisconsin, in 1921, Conter enlisted in the...