AMERICAN LEGION DEPT OF OHIO INC 12TH DI
EIN 31-4392960 · Commemorative Events (A84)
What they do
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 OBLIGATIONS 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.
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Board and leadership roster (6)
CHRISTOPHER CURRYJUDGE ADVOCATE
GEORGE MUSSICOMMANDER
GLENN HICKMANFINANCE OFFICER
MALCOLM GLASGOWCHAPLAIN
RICK GARREN1ST VICE CDR
TOM POULTON2D VICE COMMAND
About this charity
- Recognized since
- March 1946
- Location
- BOX 1374, COLUMBUS, OH 43216
- County
- Franklin
- In care of
- GLENN HICKMAN
- Primary officer
- GLENN HICKMAN, FINANCE/ADJUTAN
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2021
- Tax period began
- August 1, 2021
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- J STEPHEN VAGNIER CPA
- NTEE classification
- Commemorative Events (A84)
- IRS tax category
- Commemorative Events
- Revocation date
- December 15, 2025