The American Legion FEB 02, 2024 Ahead of The American Legion’s Washington Conference, taking place Feb. 25-28, the Legion has released its legislative agenda for the second session of the 118th Congress. The trifold highlights just some of the areas of focus of The American Legion, which will strongly advocate for additional legislation to improve the lives of … Continue reading American Legion’s 2024 Legislative Agenda
American Legion National Legislative Division
Our Mission: To provide staff support to the Legislative Commission and its Convention Committee; serve as the principal advocate of servicemembers, veterans, and their families on Capitol Hill; provide Members of Congress and their professional staff valuable information that furthers their and our goals along with our standing as an institutional authority in the veteran community; … Continue reading American Legion National Legislative Division
American Legion Multi-year Membership
The American Legion DEC 04, 2023 Eliminate the yearly hassle of remembering to renew your American Legion membership by taking advantage of the new multiyear membership available to current and potential members. Legionnaires needing to renew for 2024 or veterans joining the organization for the first time can lock-in a three-year membership by visiting legion.org/renew or legion.org/join. A … Continue reading American Legion Multi-year Membership
The American Legion Legacy Run
Planning for the 2024 Legacy Run is underway. The route is not public at this time but will be released when registration opens around April 15th. This year’s ride will trek around 1,100 miles through the backroads of America—the American Legion Legacy Run is one of America’s longest, largest organized motorcycle events. For those planning … Continue reading The American Legion Legacy Run
Erosion of the American Spirit
By Alan W. Dowd JUN 12, 2023 Recent public-opinion surveys paint a grim picture of an America that’s losing confidence in the institutions and ideas that undergird the American experiment – that ongoing effort to build a more perfect union of free people. Just 38% of Americans, for example, say patriotism is “very important” (down from 70% … Continue reading Erosion of the American Spirit
National Corporate Alliances
The American Legion relies on the generous support of corporations through sponsorships, cause-marketing intiatives and in-kind and philanthropic donations to further our mission. COMMANDER'S CIRCLE Since 2010, USAA has been a generous supporter of The American Legion, offering insurance, free financial advice, banking, investing and member discounts to Legion members. Since founding in 1922, USAA … Continue reading National Corporate Alliances
VA Claims Backlog Grows Due To COVID-19
VA backlog of claims grows to 119,000 as work stopped for coronavirus By Nikki Wentling/Stars and Stripes JUN 04, 2020 The backlog of Department of Veterans Affairs claims has grown by tens of thousands of cases since the department halted work because of the coronavirus pandemic, top VA officials said Wednesday. There were 119,000 backlogged … Continue reading VA Claims Backlog Grows Due To COVID-19