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The American Legion is a mutual-aid organization of veterans of the United States armed forces chartered by the United States Congress. It was founded to benefit those veterans who served during a wartime period as defined by Congress...

Timeline of Events

1919

9.16.1919

The American Legion is incorporated.

11.10.1919

The first national convention of the American Legion is held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ending on November 12.

11.11.1919

The Centralia Massacre in Centralia, Washington results the deaths of four members of the American Legion and the lynching of a local leader of the Industrial Workers of the World.