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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...
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...