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Boys Nation 2019: Senate officials elected on Saturday

By Andy Proffet The numbers weren’t quite in Mason Moore’s favor when the field of candidates for president pro tempore at American Legion Boys Nation...

5 PHOTOS: San Diego post hosts Legion Family Day

American Legion Vista Post 365 in California hosts first Legion Family Play Day as community members, families and Legion Family enjoy karaoke, games and more....

President signs Blue Water Navy Veterans Act into law

The decades-long fight for Blue Water Navy veterans to receive VA disability benefits for illnesses linked to exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War...

Woodbury American Legion Post 501 honors WWII veterans

By Woodbury American Legion Post 501 public affairs This year Memorial Day is May 27. But what is Memorial Day? To many it is an...

Memorial Day in Kingsburg, Calif.

On the weekend 0f Memorial Day, Post 191 in Central California springs into action. On Friday morning at 0700 hours we meet with the local...

A downed plane, a Dutch village and the art of remembering

One community has kept alive the memory of eight American airmen for 75 years. In the Dutch village of Opijnen (oh-PIE-nin), population 1200, little has...

5 PHOTOS: Encinitas Post 416 salutes the Greatest Generation

Tom Rice, a World War II paratrooper, is brought to the event in a jeep and meets with American Legion San Dieguito, Calif., Post 416...

Centennial event salutes ‘The Greatest Generation’

By Andy Proffet View Photo Gallery Tom Rice drew laughs from the crowd gathered outside American Legion Post 416 in Encinitas, Calif., to hear him speak...

PHOTOS: Palisades Post 283 honors Medal of Honor recipients

A line forms half way down the block to get into American Legion Palisades, Calif., Post 283’s “A Celebration for Medal of Honor,” at The...

Iconic theater hosts California Post 283’s Medal of Honor event

By Mark Seavey View Photo Gallery Roughly 1,000 Legionnaires, veterans, community leaders and family members of Medal of Honor recipients joined together the evening of...