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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."
Nevertheless, the Legion's stance was unpopular with its membership and membership plummeted in 1933 by 20% as 160,000 failed to renew their memberships. The VFW then campaigned for a "Bonus Bill" that would immediately pay World War I veterans what they were due in 1945 under the 1924 World War Adjusted Compensation Act.
American Ex-Prisoners of War; 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 ...
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.
An ongoing lawsuit brought about by three legion members alleged former officers at the Washington American Legion paid themselves and others more than $417,000 in unauthorized bonuses and hid ...
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 ...
Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References Jimmy Carter: World War II Era: U.S. Navy [6]John Chafee: World War II Era: U.S. Marine Corps [citation needed]Francis Cherry: World War II Era
Many of the S.A.L. members never returned from World War II and those that did found that their service had made them eligible to join the ranks of the American Legion itself, which, in 1942 opened the door to the returning World War II veterans. Membership dropped from a high of 72,633 in 1939 to a low of 5,631 in 1953.