Who We Are
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.
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.
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