Memorial Day speech and ad available

Training Tuesday. Each month American Legion National Headquarters staff and other leadership present training on Legion-focused topics. This month’s training session is May 24 at 7 p.m. Eastern on flag etiquette. A link to attend the training is available at www.legion.org/training/training-tuesdays.

Memorial Day speech, ad available. An American Legion Memorial Day speech and customizable ad are available for American Legion departments, districts and posts to use for Memorial Day events and promotional efforts on social media. Download the speech and ad at www.legion.org/publications under Media & Communications. 

New Veterans Strengthening America web page. A new web page has been developed to share the message behind The American Legion’s motto Veterans Strengthening America. Visit www.legion.org/vsa. 

Included are the language of the 2020 resolution, videos of Legionnaires explaining what each element means, voices of strength from members, key metrics, and “tools of engagement” with promotional materials for local use and social media sharing.