Sons of The American Legion Central Region

In addition to the Army Birthday today, it's also Flag Day! Happy Flag Day from Fort McCoy! Learn more about the history of Flag Day by visiting https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/june-14.
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A new membership record for the Sons of The American Legion Membership at 384,000; second year in a row SAL sets new mark.

Today is Women Veterans Recognition Day!
The day is recognition of the 1948 Women’s Armed Services Integration Act signing.

16th place we need 111 more members to hit that 105% target.

Resources available for Flag Day A prepared speech, flag social media graphics and more are on The American Legion website.

Amazing….. “Small But Mighty” let’s make this great!!

Saving lives of veterans, their families, and communities with the Columbia Protocol | The American Legion As part of The American Legion Be the One mission to end veteran su***de, we have joined forces with Columbia University to develop training for those who want to learn more about interacting and responding with veterans who may be in crisis. After the training, participants will be able to: • Use...

Copays not required by veterans for first three outpatient mental health visits through 2027 Through the VA, this copayment exemption benefit dates back to June 27, 2023 and will end Dec. 29, 2027. 

Legion scholar and post connect to raise patriotism 2023 Samsung American Legion Scholarship recipient Sidney Kirages and Post 264 raise 400 flags in the community of Lake Forest, Ill., and conduct a Memorial Day service. 

Sign up to save a life Su***de prevention training through the Legion’s partnership with Columbia University is free; classes are scheduled in June and July. 

🎉Congratulations to the 2023-2024 American Legion Auxiliary Scholarship winners!
🔗 https://www.legion-aux.org/Scholarships/Scholarship-Recipients

American Legion Family again at center of Memorial Day observances From California to Maine and multiple states in between, the Legion Family will be ensuring those veterans no longer with us will be honored.

American Legion National Commander Memorial Day Message: Honor those who gave all American Legion National Commander Daniel J. Seehafer reminds everyone that Memorial Day is not the end of a three-day weekend, but a solemn reminder of the ...

SAL hits $10 million in donations to CWF The largest donor to the Legion’s Child Welfare Foundation sets another milestone.

2025 Child Welfare Foundation grant application online Nonprofits that contribute to the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs of youth can now apply for a grant at cwf-inc.org.

Utilize poppy funds to support ALA partnership with Honor Flight.

The American Legion Auxiliary National Headquarters has a formal partnership with Honor Flight Inc. to support their mission of celebrating America’s veterans by inviting them to share in a special day of honor at our nation’s memorials that were built to commemorate their service and sacrifice.

The ALA’s Memorandum of Understanding with Honor Flight allows ALA units and departments to directly donate funds generated from the distribution of our poppy.

➡️Learn about the three ways poppy funds may be used to support our veterans participating in an Honor Flight.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4dNlzxU


Honor Flight Network

The top 3 finishers in our National Oratorical Contest:
1st- Aubrey Moore of Washington ($25000 ),
2nd- Knox Boyd of Indiana ($22500).
3rd- David Daniel of Kentucky ($20000).
Amazing & talented group.

So what’s missing from this list? Illinois! We hit the 100% mark last week. Why it takes so long for National to process transmittals I don’t know. But we are over 100%! And to top it off, we are over 90% in RETENTION!

Great job!

New video aims to help SAL membership grow The video, available for download, highlights the SAL’s history and the efforts of the Legion Family.

Today we recognize and honor military spouses for their contributions and sacrifices.
❤️ Thank you, military spouses!

Marine Corps veteran named American Legion national adjutant Rodney Rolland has worked for National Headquarters for more than 20 years, most recently as assistant adjutant.