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The American Legion was
chartered by Congress in
1919 as a patriotic,
mutual-help, war-time
veterans organization. A
community-service
organization which now
numbers nearly 3 million
members -- men and women --
in nearly 15,000 American
Legion Posts worldwide.
These Posts are organized
into 55 Departments -- one
each for the 50 states, the
District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, France, Mexico, and
the Philippines.
The American Legion's
national headquarters is in
Indianapolis, Indiana, with
additional offices in
Washington, DC. In addition
to thousands of volunteers
serving in leadership and
program implementation
capacities in local
communities to the Legion's
standing national
commissions and committees,
the national organization
has a regular full-time
staff of about 300
employees.
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