Texas issues a centennial challenge coin

The American Legion’s 2018 national convention in Minneapolis will kick off the organization’s centennial celebration on the national level, which will run for 15 months and finish on Veterans Day 2019. Departments’ own celebrations will vary as widely as the departments themselves do, and Texas is already making plans and raising funds.

Department of Texas’ Centennial Committee Chairman Ronnie Pietzsch said among the plans for their 2018 convention in San Antonio are the placing of a time capsule and the presentation of two plaques – to the hotel where the first state caucus was held and to the family of its chairman. To pay for these and other projects, the department has introduced an array of centennial merchandise, including a challenge coin.

“This 2017-2018 year has a lot of opportunity for The American Legion,” Pietzsch said, “and I will do everything I can to make it a great year.”