| | 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. |
