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The American Legion is an organization of war veterans who have dedicated themselves to the service of the community, state and nation. Each Post of the American Legion is authorized to adopt a name for the Post in honor of a deceased veteran.

In the first years of the Legion, when a flood of applications for initial post charters came in, posts in many departments were assigned a number based on when they turned in their application - thus the first applying post in each department would have been named Post 1.

NATIONAL COMMANDER Vincent J. "Jim" Troiola, Vincent J.

Florida post is largest in world for American Legion – WFTV.

It is the nation's largest wartime veterans service organization, committed to mentoring youth and sponsorship of wholesome programs in our communities, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting strong national security, and continued devotion to our fellow servicemembers and veterans.

FOR LEGION MAG CENTENNIAL Detroit's oldest American Legion post is named for one Michigan's first National Guard officers killed in World War I. The Fred W. Beaudry Post 126 has been in continuous operations for 100 years since October 1919.

The majority of Legion posts are named after one person but Pipestone's is named after two native sonsone killed during World War I, the other during World War II. When the post was instituted on August 1, 1920 it was named in honor of Albert H. Michael, the first Pipestone County resident to be killed in World War I.