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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...

American Legion Karl Ross Post 16 (Stockton, Calif.) “meet-n-greet” event

American Legion Karl Ross Post 16 in Stockton, Calif., had a “meet-n-greet” event for the California American Legion department commander and California American Legion Auxiliary...

The Warrior Wagon

Frank Castella is a small business owner, farmer, and patriot. His passions are the Percheron horses he raises, antique cars, family and veterans. Though Frank...

Royse City post recognizes genocide survivor as first Tri-County Hero Award recipient

The Royse City American Legion post celebrated its inaugural Tri-County Hero Award, naming Bruce Chim as the first recipient of the recognition. The award was...

Don R. Marsh – French Legion of Honor

Early in 2018, the Los Angeles Counsel General of France contacted Tustin Post 227 member Donald Marsh. He was asked to complete and submit dates...

The Yanks are Coming Over There: Anglo-Saxonism and American Involvement in the First World War

World War I was a global cataclysm that toppled centuries-old dynasties and launched “the American century.” Yet at the outset few Americans saw any reason...

4 things to know if you’re a disabled veteran with student loan debt

By Mike Saunders Until recently, if you were 100-percent disabled or had a finding by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of Individual Unemployability (IU)...

Remembering First World War POWs in a noble mission

National POW/MIA Recognition Day is September 21. The observance is one of six days mandated by Congress for the flying of the National League of...