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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".
Belgian Armed Forces – Any citizen of a country of the European Union within the age of 18 to 34 (33 for officers) is eligible to join the forces. [6] [7] [8] Bolivia. Foreign nationals resident in Bolivia at conscription age are permitted to join the armed forces, which simplifies their naturalization process. [9]
Also, the Samsung American Legion Scholarship, which can only be applied for by Boys/Girls State attenders, is an endowed scholarship fund of $5 million administered by the American Legion. In 2010, ten $20,000 scholarships and 88 $1,000 scholarships were awarded to those who completed a Boys/Girls State program. [ 7 ]
The American Legion membership is 1.3 million members nationally now. There were 3.12 million members in 2000. Nationally, officers admitted, "It lacks younger members to carry on our legacy."
The establishment of the Sons of The American Legion as a non-political, no-sectarian civilian organization was authorized by the 14th National Convention of The American Legion on September 15, 1932, at Portland, Oregon. In 1939, the S.A.L. was riding the crest and had a numerical size of about seven percent as large as the parent organization.
Nearly two years ago, members of American Legion Post 188, a Black veterans’ group, sued the city for locking them out of their Post building on 196 Northwest Eighth Ave., claiming wrongful ...
Norwegian Legion: June 1941 [118] Norwegian [118] 1,218 de facto incorporated into the Waffen- SS [119] SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade France: July 1943 [120] French [116] 1,688 [121] In September 1944 the Sturmbrigade brigade was amalgamated with the Legion of French Volunteers (L.V.F), which became the core of the SS Division Charlemagne. [122]
• Niles — Join American Legion Larue Messenger Post 26 for the Memorial Day parade stepping off at 11 a.m. from North Second Street, traveling east on Main Street to Silverbrook Cemetery where ...