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.
«ABOUT
THE AMERICAN LEGION«
The American Legion is
the nation’s largest veterans organization. The
2002 current national membership tally – roughly 2.8
million – is higher than the year-end totals for 1954
through 1986.
The American Legion
extended its service in communities across the country
through the development of 70 new revitalized posts from
January 2002 to October 2002.
The American Legion
attracts younger veterans. Active-duty members are
eligible to join – and they are joining. In fact, The
American Legion has about 181,000 members who joined
under the Persian Gulf, Lebanon/Grenada and Panama War
periods of eligibility. Today’s active duty service
members continue to join. The American Legion created a
program known as “Reconnect” as an opportunity for its
members to interact with the total force – active duty,
National Guard and Reserve.
The American Legion
created a task force especially designated to assist
Persian Gulf Veterans, more than 3,000 individuals and
their families have received direct compensation and
needed support through this service provided by The
American Legion.
«SERVING
THE COMMUNITY«
Donated more than 3.3
million hours of service to communities.
Post Service Officers
handled more then 254,000 cases of veterans seeking
benefits and just compensation from the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
Devoted more than 1.5
million hours of volunteer service to Department of
Veterans Affairs hospitals.
Donated more than 96,000
pints of blood to collection centers nationwide, making
The American Legion the nations single largest
instructional blood donor
Annually spends nearly 30
million on programs benefiting children and youth.
« Awarded nearly 14,000
medals to Junior ROTC students
« Sponsored nearly 24,500
American Legion Boys State delegates
« Sponsored nearly 2,400
Scouting units serving 70,000 youngsters.
« Sponsored more than
5,200 American Legion Baseball teams and an additional
2,400 youth baseball squads.
« Awarded more than 6
million in college scholarships to deserving students.
For
more information follow the links to
National Headquarters
and
Department of Minnesota
Join POST 489 by printing, filling out and mailing in
the
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Sorry no online application at
this time.
