Day of competition for The American Legion Junior Shooting Sports National Championships is underway at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Athletes fire from each of the three standard positions – prone, kneeling, and standing – while competing for college scholarships.
Competition for The American Legion Junior Shooting Sports National Championships are underway at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Athletes fire from each of the three standard positions – prone, kneeling, and standing – while competing for college scholarships.
The Legion's PTS-TBI Ad-Hoc Committee is meeting at the Legion's office today. Over two days, the committee has heard from DoD and VA health-care officials about the treatment of both conditions.
An American Legion representative is laying a wreath this morning at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, as part of the Annual Day of Recognition Commemoration Ceremony. The armistice that ended hostilities in the Korean War was signed at 10 a.m. on July 27, 1953, in Panmunjom, a village on the border of North and South Korea. An afternoon ceremony will also take place in Arlington National Cemetery at the Korean War Veterans Meditation Bench, honoring all U.S troops killed or missing in action during the war.
The 98 Boys Nation senators will visit the Supreme Court and the White House today before candidate debates and elections take place. Both the debates and elections will be streamed live at legion.org.
Two delegates from each of the 49 American Legion Boys State programs are arriving in Washington D.C. at American Legion Boys Nation, where young leaders gain a deeper understanding of the structure and function of federal government.
