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Who
We Are
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
Eligibility For Membership
Membership
eligibility in The American Legion is based on honorable federal
active duty service with the U.S. Armed Forces between the following
dates:
April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918
(World War I)
December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946
(World War II)
June 25, 1950 to January 31, 1955
(Korean War)
February 28, 1961 to May 7, 1975
(Vietnam War)
August 24, 1982 to July 31, 1984
(Lebanon/Grenada)
December 20, 1989 to January 31, 1990
(Operation Just Cause - Panama)
* August 2, 1990 to today
(Operation Desert Shield/Storm)
* Because eligibility dates remain open, all members of the U.S. Armed Forces are eligible to join The American Legion at this time, until the date of the end of hostilities as determined by the
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