American Legion Post 1919 in Greenwood, Indiana, operates just like any other American Legion post, but Legionnaires here have made a habit of “thinking outside the box” to set them apart and make the post successful.

 

How the smoke cleared for Indiana's Centennial Post

 

In 1919, The American Legion was founded on four pillars: Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation, National Security, Americanism, and Children & Youth. Each of these pillars encompasses a variety of programs that benefit our nation’s veterans, its service members, their families, the youth of America and ordinary citizens. These programs make a difference in hundreds of thousands of lives each year.

Preamble to The American Legion Constitution

FOR GOD AND COUNTRY WE ASSOCIATE OURSELVES TOGETHER FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America

To maintain law and order

To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism

To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the Great Wars

To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation

To combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses

To make right the master of might

To promote peace and goodwill on earth

To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy

To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.

I. Veterans Affairs &

Rehabilitation

• Access to VA Care

• Better Funding Formula

• Support for Veterans with

Special Needs

• Career Opportunities

• A GI Bill for a New Century

• Employment and Business

• Heroes to Hometowns

• Volunteering

• Final Respects

II. National Security

• Strong National Defense

• Military Quality of Life

• Homeland Security

• Foreign Relations

• Full Accounting of

POW/MIAs

• Operation Comfort Warriors

III. Americanism

• Flag Protection

• Illegal Immigration

• Voter Registration and

Participation

• Boy Scouts

• The Pledge of Allegiance

• Establishment-Clause

Lawsuits

IV. Children & Youth

• Catastrophic Illness

• Intellectual Disabilities

• Immunization

• Family Integrity

• Media Violence

• Drug Abuse

• Child Sexual Exploitation