The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation (CWF) grant application for 2025 is online at cwf-inc.org. To be considered for a CWF grant, applications must be received at American Legion National Headquarters in Indianapolis no later than July 15, 2024.
The American Legion
Non-profit Organizations
Indianapolis, IN 46,657 followers
Supporting veterans, the military and their families since 1919. Veterans strengthening America.
About us
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, war-time veterans service organization, devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is a not-for-profit community-service organization which now numbers 2 million members, men and women, in about 13,000 American Legion posts worldwide.
- Website
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http://www.legion.org
External link for The American Legion
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Indianapolis, IN
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1919
- Specialties
- Veterans benefits, GI Bill and Post GI Bill, VA claims, Jobs for veterans, Grass-roots lobbying, Legion Baseball, Boys State and Boys Nation, Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation, Americanism, U.S. Flag, Legion Riders, Operation Comfort Warriors, and National Emergency Fund
Locations
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Primary
700 N Pennsylvania Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204, US
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5745 Lee Road
Indianapolis, IN 46216, US
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1608 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006, US
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5745 Lee Rd
Indianapolis, IN 46216, US
Employees at The American Legion
Updates
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Registration is open for the 5th annual Taps Across America event, to be held nationwide on Memorial Day at 3 p.m. local time, including at the National World War I Memorial. Sponsored by the nonprofit Taps for Veterans, Taps Across America is open to any instrumentation and musicians of any age or ability who can sound Taps. Follow the link for more information.
Can you sound taps?
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As director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, retired Air Force Major Gen. Kelly McKeague is driven to recover the tens of thousands of American servicemembers listed as missing. McKeague joins us on this week’s episode of the Tango Alpha Lima podcast to discuss DPAA's mission.
DPAA’s mission to identify 81,000 MIA/POWs
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Our National Emergency Fund (NEF) provides up to $3,000 for qualified Legionnaires or Sons of The American Legion, and up to $10,000 for qualified American Legion posts which have been affected by declared natural disasters.
Legion poised to help disaster victims through National Emergency Fund
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Join us this Friday in downtown Indianapolis for The American Legion 500 Festival Memorial Service. #500MemService
On Friday, May 24, we take time to remember the reason for Memorial Day Weekend. Join us on the steps of the Indiana War Memorial at noon for The American Legion 500 Festival Memorial Service as we honor the fallen heroes and their families, and pay tribute to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. WISH-TV will live stream the service on WISHTV.com with a commercial free hour on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27th at 10am. The entire telecast will also be posted on WISHTV.com after the show. #500MemService
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Among this morning's Five Things to Know: New recruits and incoming officers into the military would not have to undergo mandatory cannabis testing under the House’s version of an annual must-pass defense policy bill.
Five Things to Know, May 20, 2024
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Congratulations to Aubrey Moore, the winner of our 2024 National Oratorical Contest!
2024 National Oratorical winner from Washington state
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On this #ArmedForcesDay, we honor and thank all members of our armed forces, past and present, for their sacrifice, commitment and excellence.
Seven things you didn’t know about Armed Forces Day
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The 17 resolutions approved by the American Legion National Executive Committee at the 2024 Spring Meetings in May are now available on the Digital Archive.
Spring Meetings resolutions available on Digital Archive
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American Legion Tango Alpha Lima podcast co-host Stacy Pearsall's “After Action” PBS series tackles critical issues to veterans in its second season, which is being released this month.
A deeper dive into core veterans issues
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