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- September 13, 2024
  VA updates PACT Act benefits regulations
- September 12, 2024
  Legion joins with other VSOs in calling for Congress to immediately fund $15-billion VA budget shortfall
- August 25, 2024
  AMA making a difference in processing veterans’ claims appeals
- August 9, 2024
  3 ways to realize the PACT Act’s promise and fulfill my husband’s dying wish
- August 1, 2024
  VA launches updated Burn Pit Registry
- August 26, 2024
  Veterans find job opportunities, employment assistance and more at convention
- August 25, 2024
  ‘What they will remember is the Legion was there’
- August 25, 2024
  Texas nominees claim 3 of 4 American Legion employment awards
- August 23, 2024
  ‘Natural transitions’
- August 12, 2024
  Cyber scholarships for justice-involved veterans announced at summit
- June 12, 2024
  Legion testifies in support of bills to aid veterans, Guard and Reserve seeking education
- June 11, 2024
  American Legion event to honor 80th anniversary of GI Bill
- June 3, 2024
  Supreme Court gives huge victory to veterans
- May 2, 2024
  Lawmakers want DOD to provide data on troops’ tuition assistance complaints
- February 28, 2024
  Tuition assistance program for servicemembers needs more funding, more awareness as recruiting tool
- September 10, 2024
  SWS heading to Montana
- September 5, 2024
  Senators push $15M bill to study birth defects in children of veterans exposed to toxic chemicals
- August 27, 2024
  VA Secretary: ‘We’ve exceeded our most aggressive projections’
- August 26, 2024
  Canine training and ‘the thing under the thing’ presented as PTSD, suicide prevention therapies
- August 25, 2024
  AMA making a difference in processing veterans’ claims appeals
- July 25, 2024
  Providing financial ‘relief’ for back-to-school expenses
- April 10, 2024
  More than $60 million for children and youth
- April 1, 2024
  Origins of April as Children & Youth Month
- December 5, 2023
  $68,000 Legion grant supports veterans in Alabama
- September 29, 2023
  Remembrance Bowl: more than a homecoming
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