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National IT Division Warning About Spam Emails

The American Legion National Headquarters IT Division is warning American Legion members to not immediately open attachments that come from what appear to be American Legion sources but may actually be spam. There has been a recent increase in spam…

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Criteria for National Post Excellence Award has changed

The American Legion’s Post Excellence Awarded has added new criteria. To now qualify for the Post Excellence Award, a post is required to achieve excellence in four areas: membership, submission of the Consolidated Post Report (CPR), sharing of post history,…

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Post Online Membership Processing

All Posts in the Department of Texas launches can now process their membership online. This feature utilizes electronic payment methods via MyLegion.org and eliminates the need for Posts to send the National/Department portion of the (3-part) membership cards and paper…

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American Legion Legislative Agenda Accomplished

Legion Leadership, I hope you are enjoying a wonderful 100th National Convention. Many of you have seen the Legislative Agenda boards around Convention highlighting which items The American Legion has achieved in terms of congressional action. In an attempt to…

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The American Legion: Fund Troops Over Parade

Denise H. Rohan, national commander of The American Legion, issued the following statement regarding the military parade scheduled to occur in Washington on November 10: “The American Legion appreciates that our President wants to show in a dramatic fashion our…

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2019 Membership Cards

For Posts that have already certified for the 2018 – 2019 membership year, we are in the process of shipping out the 2019 Membership Cards and Post Boxes. Please watch for UPS to deliver your box, unless you have a…

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Centennial monument spurs future project in Texas

American Legion Past National Commander David K. Rehbein shares a moment with Dee Workman, whose late husband is the namesake of Missouri City Post 294 that dedicated an American Legion centennial granite monument on Monday, May 28, 2018. Photo by…

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American Legion: Let Our National Anthem Unify

(INDIANAPOLIS, May 23, 2018)  — The leader of the  nation’s largest veterans organization, American Legion National Commander Denise H. Rohan,  issued the following statement regarding the new policy announced today by the National Football League which will require players to…