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Your Benefits
Disability Benefits & Claims
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VA Medical Centers Under Review
The American Legion tackles VA issues head on. The American Legion is based on 4 Pillars. The first of those…
See how your earned benefits stack up
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Your Well Being
Second Career
Connect with Legion Wisconsin and secure your future after you leave the service... For more information, visit our Veterans Career…
Direct disaster relief assistance
$8 million has been directly provided to Legion families affected by disasters through the National Emergency Fund. The National Emergency…
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Your Voice
Fighting for you on Capitol Hill
Your membership gives us strength in numbers to fight for the benefits you have earned. Each year the Legion Wisconsin…
Fighting for you in Madison
When statewide issues impact the 363,000+ veterans in Wisconsin, we mobilize. The Department of Wisconsin Legislative Committee represents The American…
Public Advocacy for our Veterans
Legion Wisconsin empowers veterans and civilians to support each other
On this day in 1919, The American Legion is federally chartered, which authorizes the as-yet unincorporated organization to proceed to the adoption of a constitution and bylaws, elect officers “and do all other things necessary” as outlined in U.S. Code, Title 36, Chapters 41-50. Under Chapter 43, “Purposes of corporation,” much of the language is borrowed from the original draft Preamble to The American Legion Constitution with some notable deviations, such as “to promote peace and good will among the peoples of the United States and all the nations of the earth” and “to cement the ties and comradeship born of service.” The original charter outlines the powers and authority of the organization, membership criteria, naming rights, exclusivity to manufacture and use The American Legion emblem, and a requirement that “the organization shall be nonpolitical and, as an organization, shall not promote the candidacy of any person seeking public office.” #AmericanLegionDay
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