AMERICAN LEGION POST 286 INC
EIN 59-1157050 · Military & Veterans Organizations (W30)
What they do
THE OBJECTIVE of THE AMERICAN LEGION POST is to PROMOTE THE PRINCIPLES of THE PREAMBLE to ITS CONSTITUTION, WHICH INCLUDES UPHOLDING and DEFENDING THE US CONSTITUTION; MAINTAINING LAW and ORDER; FOSTERING AMERICANISM; PRESERVING THE MEMORIES of THE GREAT WARS; INCULCATING A SENSE of INDIVIDUAL OBLIGATION to COMMUNITY, STATE, and NATION; COMBATING AUTOCRACY; PROMOTING PEACE and GOOD WILL; SAFEGUARDING THE PRINCIPLES of JUSTICE, FREEDOM, and DEMOCRACY; and CONSECRATING COMRADESHIP BY DEVOTION to MUTUAL HELPFULNESS.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2022
- Location
- 529 FAIRLANE AVE, ORLANDO, FL 32809-4201
- County
- Orange
- In care of
- % DEBIE SHOWALTER