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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.
American Legion Building, Garden City, Kansas, photographed by John Margolies in 1979 American Legion Post and Masonic lodge, Paso Robles, California, 1977 American Legion, San Antonio, Texas, 1982 As the new veterans returned home, membership soared to 3.3 million in 1946, triple the prewar number.
American G.I. Forum; American Legion; AMVETS; American Veterans Committee (dissolved 2008) American Veterans Committee (2013–present day) American Veterans for Equal Rights; Army and Navy Union; Association of the United States Army; Aztec Club (organized by officers of the Mexican War) Blinded Veterans Association; Catholic War Veterans
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."
Two female veterans are leading American Legion posts in Monroe County. Angela Jaworski is the commander of American Legion Post 268 in Milan. Kathy Musick is the commander of James E. Yenor Post ...
In 2019, the American Legion's National Convention voted to replace the word "wife" with "spouse" in the organization's constitution and bylaws section regarding eligibility to be a member of the American Legion Auxiliary; since then, male and female spouses of U.S. veterans have been eligible. Previously, only female spouses of U.S. veterans were.
Academy of United States Veterans; Air & Space Forces Association; Air Force Sergeants Association; American Ex-Prisoners of War; American GI Forum; American Legion; American Veterans Center; American Veterans Committee; American Veterans Committee (1943–2008) American War Memorials Overseas; AMVETS; AO1 Foundation; Army and Navy Union of the ...
The home opened to its first residents on April 1, 1884. The institution was governed by an 11-member board, two from the Association of Mexican War Veterans, and nine from the Grand Army of the Republic representing Union Civil War Veterans. The California Veteran's Home was recognized as an official state institution in 1889.