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The Paris Caucus. The American Legion was established in Paris, France, on March 15 to 17, 1919, by a thousand commissioned officers and enlisted men, delegates from all the units of the American Expeditionary Forces to an organization caucus meeting, which adopted a tentative constitution and selected the name "American Legion".
Boys Nation is an annual forum concerning civic training, government, leadership, and Americanism that is run by the American Legion. [2] One hundred Boys Nation Senators are chosen from a pool of over 20,000 Boys State participants, making it one of the most selective educational programs in the United States.
An agenda lists the items of business to be taken up during a meeting or session. [3] It may also be called a "calendar". [4] A meeting agenda may be headed with the date, time and location of the meeting, followed by a series of points outlining the order in which the business is to be conducted.
Oct. 25—EPHRATA — Grant County Commissioner District 2 candidates David Henderson and the incumbent Rob Jones shared the stage during a recent candidate forum at the Legion Post 28, outlining ...
Last year the American Legion’s National Executive Committee took the rare step of taking over administrative control of the American Legion Department of Washington as the committee developed a ...
A national committee voted at a special meeting Saturday to suspend the American Legion Department of Washington immediately. WA’s statewide American Legion chapter suspended for ‘dysfunction ...
The Forty and Eight was founded in March, 1920, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when World War I veteran Joseph Breen and 15 other members of The American Legion came together and organized it as an honor society for the Legion. They envisioned a new and different level of elite membership and camaraderie for leaders of the Legion.
The American Legion purchased the building the next year, in 1949. [4] In addition to hosting meetings and events for the veterans, the building also provides a broader function as a community center. From 1950 until the early 1960s, the Livingston Public Library operated out of the building, and it also served as a polling place for decades ...