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The American Legion was chartered
by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time veterans
organization. A community-service organization which now numbers nearly
3 million members -- men and women -- in nearly 15,000 American Legion
Posts worldwide. These Posts are organized into 55 Departments -- one
each for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, France,
Mexico, and the Philippines.
The American Legion's national
headquarters is in Indianapolis, Indiana, with additional offices in
Washington, DC. In addition to thousands of volunteers serving in leadership
and program implementation capacities in local communities to the Legion's
standing national commissions and committees, the national organization
has a regular full-time staff of about 300 employees.
For more informatoin on the various listings
click on the name.
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