Did you know?

Did you know?

Child Welfare Foundation. The American Legion's Child Welfare Foundation ended its fundraising year last month with more than $886,637 in donations. The Sons of The American Legion contributed nearly $600,000 of that amount with the Detachments of Arizona and Indiana both raising and donating $110,000.

Legion alumni. Two American Legion youth program alumni produced a film that captures the affects war has on troops returning home, and it is available as of July 14 for posts to screen.
 
“Battle Scars,” which is a recipient of the GI Film Festival’s Founder’s Choice Award, is a drama and thriller about a young Marine who is suffering from both post-traumatic stress disorder and other wounds unseen after returning home from Afghanistan. He in turn crosses paths with a woman “who leads him into a violent world every bit as dangerous and isolating as the brutality that (he) so desperately left behind in Afghanistan.”
 
Danny Buday, writer and director of “Battle Scars” and a California Boys State alum, and producer Lane Carlson, who played American Legion Baseball for Post 491 in Bayport, Minn., spoke with The American Legion about the inspiration for the film. Read the story online at  www.legion.org/troops.
View a trailer of “Battle Scars” at www.www.battlescarsmovie.com. American Legion posts that wish to screen the film can contact Lane Carlson at lane@souline.org. The 94-minute film is not rated but does contain strong language and scenes of nudity.