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    • Scholarships, grants, VA assistance top April impact report
      April 8, 2019

      Scholarships, grants, VA assistance top April impact report

    • Action in Washington highlights February summary
      March 12, 2019

      Action in Washington highlights February summary

    • Resolution 1: to recognize service and sacrifice in all times of war
      February 28, 2019

      Resolution 1: to recognize service and sacrifice in all times of war

    • Bringing Congress to the fireside
      February 26, 2019

      Bringing Congress to the fireside

    • VA's Stone: 'We are not privatizing'
      February 25, 2019

      VA's Stone: 'We are not privatizing'

    • New Mexico Post 13 hosting annual employment event
      April 5, 2019

      New Mexico Post 13 hosting annual employment event

    • American Legion to host military hiring fair in Los Angeles
      April 4, 2019

      American Legion to host military hiring fair in Los Angeles

    • Event at Hollywood Post 43 among job fairs nationwide in April
      March 26, 2019

      Event at Hollywood Post 43 among job fairs nationwide in April

    • Action in Washington highlights February summary
      March 12, 2019

      Action in Washington highlights February summary

    • March job fairs, coast to coast
      February 28, 2019

      March job fairs, coast to coast

    • American Legion testifies on employment and education rights and benefits
      April 11, 2019

      American Legion testifies on employment and education rights and benefits

    • Arizona town celebrates GI Bill’s 75th anniversary
      April 4, 2019

      Arizona town celebrates GI Bill’s 75th anniversary

    • Atlanta welcomes American Legion GI Bill exhibit
      March 14, 2019

      Atlanta welcomes American Legion GI Bill exhibit

    • The man who saved the GI Bill
      February 17, 2019

      The man who saved the GI Bill

    • Commemorative coin, record month of giving atop February report
      February 14, 2019

      Commemorative coin, record month of giving atop February report

    • Legion to VA: ‘Fix communication breakdowns’
      April 11, 2019

      Legion to VA: ‘Fix communication breakdowns’

    • Senator's sexual assault revelation reignites conversation on MST
      March 14, 2019

      Senator's sexual assault revelation reignites conversation on MST

    • Veteran suicide 'a community problem'
      March 6, 2019

      Veteran suicide 'a community problem'

    • Sen. Tester calls on Legion to help outreach efforts to veterans
      February 26, 2019

      Sen. Tester calls on Legion to help outreach efforts to veterans

    • VA asks Legion members to help ‘break the code’ of veteran suicides
      February 26, 2019

      VA asks Legion members to help ‘break the code’ of veteran suicides

    • 81 years of designating April as ‘Children & Youth Month’
      March 28, 2019

      81 years of designating April as ‘Children & Youth Month’

    • Legion posts earn Emblem Sales credit from flag program
      March 27, 2019

      Legion posts earn Emblem Sales credit from flag program

    • Legion Family Night at the 'drive-in'
      March 20, 2019

      Legion Family Night at the 'drive-in'

    • Action in Washington highlights February summary
      March 12, 2019

      Action in Washington highlights February summary

    • Legion's Coast Guard support 'a big deal for retention’
      February 26, 2019

      Legion's Coast Guard support 'a big deal for retention’

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      March 20, 2019

      Financial spring cleaning

    • Money management in marriage
      February 20, 2019

      Money management in marriage

    • Six ways to use technology in 2019
      December 20, 2018

      Six ways to use technology in 2019

    • How to talk to your aging parents
      November 20, 2018

      How to talk to your aging parents

    • Yes, you still need an estate plan
      October 19, 2018

      Yes, you still need an estate plan

    • American Legion to attend Tattoo festival next week
      April 17, 2019

      American Legion to attend Tattoo festival next week

    • Women veterans, tell your stories
      March 27, 2019

      Women veterans, tell your stories

    • Legion to have presence at Virginia International Tattoo festival
      March 21, 2019

      Legion to have presence at Virginia International Tattoo festival

    • 10 things you didn't know about women in the military
      March 14, 2019

      10 things you didn't know about women in the military

    • Senator's sexual assault revelation reignites conversation on MST
      March 14, 2019

      Senator's sexual assault revelation reignites conversation on MST

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National Commander Brett P. Reistad visits the Department of South Carolina

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National Commander Brett P. Reistad visits the Department of Virginia

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