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
