The American Legion’s success depends entirely on active
membership, participation and volunteerism. The organization belongs to the people
it serves and the communities in which it thrives. Veterans strengthening
veterans.
- The American Legion is the nation’s largest and most
influential veterans service organization.
- An interesting fact about our longevity is that among the
more than 13,500 American Legion posts operating today, some 5,400 were
chartered in the first year of our existence.
- It’s hard to think of a more successful franchise.
- The key to such longevity is that the values we hold dear –
as defined in our Four Pillars: Americanism, National Security, Children and
Youth, and Veterans – are so timeless they have resonated with former military
men and women from World War I to the Global War on Terrorism.