Episode 3 of "To Strengthen a Nation" is available.
Flag Day is June 14 and a speech is available for Legionnaires to use at www.legion.org/publications under Media & Communications. Additional flag information, such as FAQs, top 10 flag myths and more are available at www.legion.org/flag. And flag-folding videos can be viewed and shared at www.legion.org/flag/videos.
The American Legion Legacy Scholarship for 2019 is awarding over $1.1 million in financial aid to 57 children of the fallen and disabled. This is the largest amount awarded since the establishment of the scholarship in 2004.
www.legion.org/scholarships/legacy
Episode 3 of “To Strengthen a Nation: The American Legion Story” examines the organization’s long and continuing effort to help U.S. military veterans achieve education, training and business opportunity after service. The episode explains how the Legion worked to obtain over 500,000 jobs for veterans by 1922, and how the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 provided education and business opportunities for millions. Watch at www.youtube.com/user/americanlegionHQ.
During Spring Meetings last month, the American Legion Family provided donations to Operation Comfort Warriors (OCW), the Child Welfare Foundation (CWF) and the National Emergency Fund (NEF).
OCW – $74,875. The Sons of The American Legion (SAL) provided $14,000 in donations, while the Department of Indiana provided $60,875. Of Indiana’s amount, more than $47,000 came from the Legion Family of Kenneth N. Dowden-Wayne Post 64 in Indianapolis.
NEF – $29,760. Donations included $15,706 from the SAL, $7,500 from Post 270 in Florida, and other donations from the Departments of Alaska, Mississippi and Oregon.
CWF – $119,388. The SAL provided $112,813 in donations; other donations came from the Departments of Mississippi and Florida. SAL’s CWF donation brings their total for the year to $365,142, which is 107 percent of their goal. The SAL is the largest contributor to CWF, donating more than $8 million. www.legion.org/donate
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