PHOENIX (Sept. 2, 2021) –  Paul E. Dillard was elected national commander of the nearly two-million member American Legion today in Phoenix, during the organization’s 102nd national convention. He first joined the nation’s largest veterans organization in 1969. A native Texan, Dillard graduated from Whitesboro High School in 1965 before joining the U.S. Navy and serving in Vietnam through four campaigns including the Tet offensive. He later received an honorable

The Department Headquarters will be closed from Wednesday, July 14th to Friday, July 16th for installation of the carpet that was damaged from the broken water line in February of this year. We will begin moving the contents and office furniture on Tuesday, July 13th so we will have very limited telephone and email access as we move each office out. We will move everything back to the offices on

Attention All Post Commanders & Adjutants The MyLegion.org CPR reporting is not working correctly. All Posts will need to submit the printed CPR that can be found on the Department website or if you are able to enter data to the MyLegion.org online CPR form than print it and sign and date the form and mail to Department Headquarters. Currently it does provide copies to national or department and does

Teams nationwide encouraged to observe a moment of silence. INDIANAPOLIS (May 7, 2021) – Approximately 5,000 new cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease — are diagnosed in the United States each year. The American Legion will honor New York Yankees great Lou Gehrig through its American Legion Baseball program, in conjunction with Major League Baseball’s creation of an annual tradition of observing Lou