AMERICANISM MONTH (February)

The Americanism Division represents one of the four pillars of The American Legion. It is guided by a full commission that meets three times a year. Under the direction of this commission, a wide variety of programs are built on community service, citizenship, patriotic values and mentoring young people.

Programs and specific areas of work include American Legion Baseball, the National High School Oratorical Contest, Junior Shooting Sports, Boys State and Boys Nation, support for Boy Scouts of America, U.S. Flag education and protection, support for Junior ROTC, voter awareness, naturalization and citizenship of immigrants, along with a number of scholarship programs

Two permanent committees of the Americanism Commission are the National Committee on Education, which offers a number of educational opportunities, including scholarships and teaching materials, and the Counter-Subversive Activities Committee, which exists to monitor the activities of groups within the United States that potentially represent threats to our form of government.

Also found under the Americanism umbrella is the organization’s chaplaincy program.