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West Los Angeles VA may finally be on track to help homeless veterans

By Ken Olsen More than three years after settling a lawsuit over the misuse of its West Los Angeles campus, VA may finally be on track...

2019 Legacy Run to again be a moving experience

One of the most moving experiences of the 2018 American Legion Legacy Run stop in Albert Lea, Minn., was when more than 200 American Legion...

Legion’s second century: An opportunity to welcome in more veterans

At about every American Legion national convention National Adjutant Daniel Wheeler has attended over the past 40 years, a resolution has been brought forth about opening some periods...

Legion posts host Legion Family Play Day

The American Legion’s National Executive Committee passed Resolution 20 during Spring Meetings in May. The resolution calls for American Legion posts to “promote a fun,...

National commander: ‘Evil will not triumph’

American Legion National Commander Brett Reistad issued the following statement in response to the recent mass shootings: “From Gilroy, California to El Paso, Texas to...

Tuesday at Boys Nation 2019: Senators elect a president and vice-president

By Andy Proffet The final question posed to the candidates in The American Legion Boys Nation 2019 presidential debate asked them to identify the most important...

Text messages spur district’s membership surge

By Henry Howard Monique Clemons’ phone wouldn’t stop dinging. The immediate responses to her mass text message confirmed Clemons was onto something. As commander of...

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...