

OUR MISSION
On _______, five former servicemen met in the high school auditorium. Existing at the time in __________ was an informal community consisting of former World War I Veterans. The decision to organize an American Legion Post resulted from the conclusion of these Veterans that the American Legion was the representative Veterans’ organization in this country. That conclusion has been proven true as today the American Legion is the largest wartime Veterans’ organization with nearly 15,000 local Posts throughout America and over 3 million members who care about America, Veterans, their families and our nation’s youth.