Help The American Legion reach 1,000 memorial entries

The American Legion’s Veterans Memorial Identification Project – featured online at  www.legion.org/memorials – was released last November and already has reached 700 entries. The Legion’s goal is to have 1,000 entries by the start of the 99th National Convention in Reno, Nev., in August.

Entries have come from 45 U.S. states and six foreign countries, and more than 100 entries are from North Carolina alone.

The project encourages American Legion Family members to locate, document, photograph and upload information about veterans memorials and monuments in their local areas. Sites from any war era are welcome, right up to today’s ongoing conflicts. The page is designed to easily upload photos and information via smartphones, even while at the site. This makes it easier to do multiple submissions at one time, as Legion Family and associated community groups comb an area for sites. Entries will be made public soon after review.

Be sure to look up the memorials already listed in your state before you start.