THE
AMERICAN LEGION
FOR
GOD AND COUNTRY
In
1919, the end of WW I weary veterans in Paris formed
what
would become the American Legion.
Amongst
this group was a Delaware army officer, Lt. Col.
Thomas
W. Miller, the vice chairman of the Paris Caucus in
March
1919.
Today,
the Legion has evolved into one of the most influential
nonprofit
organizations on the United States.
By
the end of the first year The American Legion was 850,000
dues
paying members strong, and soon grew to a million members
with
local post across the country.
Delaware
has four post formed that first year. Delaware Post 1,
Walter
Fox Post 2, Callaway-Kemp-Raughly-Tee Post 7 and the
Davis
Harrison Post 14. The post have proudly served by helping
others
and left a mark that is not to be forgotten.
2019
is the 100th anniversary .
The
source of above, by James Stewart, The 2019 Department
Commander,
for God and Country, in the American Legion
Family
news magazine of October 2018
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