Month: December 2020

Boys Nation alum named to lunar mission team While military service is a common career for American Legion Boys Nation alumni, Air Force Col. Raja Chari has a chance to […]

Legionnaires in Germany continue to help Like most posts in the Department of France, Post GR06, Stuttgart, Germany, has seen COVID disrupt most of their plans this past year. As […]

Hall of Famer, ALB alum Niekro dies at 81 Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro, who played American Legion Baseball in Bridgeport, Ohio, died Dec. 26. He was 81. Known […]

2020 annual report for American Legion Charities is online In 2010, American Legion Charities was launched as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit trust to allow American Legion Family members and friends to […]

Is there a homefield advantage in ALB regionals? NOTE: This is the last in a four-part series on the history of American Legion Baseball’s regional playoff structure. Part 1 took […]

Training Tuesday December 29: American Legion assistance programs The last Tuesday of each month, American Legion National Headquarters staff and other leadership will present 60 to 90-minute sessions on topics […]

‘Congress should override veto,’ American Legion says The head of the nation’s largest veterans’ organization called for Congress to override the president’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act. “The […]

Get a preview of Honor Guard documentary In the final episode of Season One of The American Legion’s Tango Alpha Lima podcast, the co-hosts welcome Army veterans Ethan Morse and […]

Remembering every veteran The COVID-19 pandemic forced cancellations across the country for Wreaths Across America events, but Kent Island American Legion Post 278 pushed forward. The post, located in Stevensville, […]

OUR WWII STORY: The winter Irving Locker will never forget American Legion member Irving Locker moved to The Villages, Fla., about 12 years ago because, he recently said, “I needed […]