by Rikki Almanza | Apr 16, 2024
This story was adopted from Marianne Napoles’ Chino Valley Champion’s article “American Legion celebrates 100 years at gala.” American Legion Chino Post 299 celebrated its 100th anniversary with a gala in Chino on Saturday, April 6, the Chino...
by Rikki Almanza | Apr 10, 2024
Yesterday, American Legion Riders Chapter 95 in Oroville, California, escorted four unclaimed Veterans to their final resting place in Shasta County. Private Floyd Stanbery served in the U.S. Marine Corps, and Specialist 4 Michael MacKey, Private Paul McCormick, and...
by Rikki Almanza | Apr 4, 2024
At the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, an innovative exhibition titled “Voices From the Front” offers visitors a unique opportunity to engage with the past through artificial intelligence. The experience features life-sized video renditions of 18...
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...
by Rikki Almanza | Apr 1, 2024
Luther Hendricks, a World War II Veteran and a member of The American Legion Manuel Quezon Post 603, is celebrating his 99th birthday this month. Born in Denver, Colorado, Hendricks found himself in Los Angeles as a teenager when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred....
by Rikki Almanza | Mar 29, 2024
On Tuesday, in Merced, California, more than one hundred motorcyclists, many of whom are Veterans, participated in escorting a cargo truck transporting “The Wall That Heals” into town. The display is accessible to the public free of charge until March 31....
