AMERICAN LEGION POST 155 INC
EIN 59-6200384 · Commemorative Events (A84)
What they do
TODAY THERE is NO ACCURATE RECORD of THE TOTAL NUMBER of VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, BUT AMONG THEM ALL, NONE HAS GROWN SO LARGE or HAS EXERCISED SUCH WIDE INFLUENCE AS THE AMERICAN LEGION. NONE is SO INTIMATELY IDENTIFIED WITH THE WORD "VETERAN". CONGRESS CHARTERED THE AMERICAN LEGION IN 1919 AS A PATRIOTIC, MUTUAL-HELP, WAR-TIME VETERANS ORGANIZATION. A COMMUNITY-SERVICE ORGANIZATION WHICH NOW NUMBERS NEARLY 3 MILLION MEMBERS -- MEN and WOMEN -- IN NEARLY 15,000 AMERICAN LEGION POSTS WORLDWIDE. THESE POSTS ARE ORGANIZED INTO 55 DEPARTMENTS -- ONE EACH for THE 50 STATES, THE DISTRICT of COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, FRANCE, MEXICO, and THE PHILIPPINES. THE AMERICAN LEGIONS NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS is IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, WITH ADDITIONAL OFFICES IN WASHINGTON, DC. IN ADDITION to THOUSANDS of VOLUNTEERS SERVING IN LEADERSHIP and PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION CAPACITIES IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES to THE LEGIONS STANDING NATIONAL COMMISSIONS and COMMITTEES, THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION HAS A REGULAR FULL-TIME
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1946
- Location
- 6585 W GULF TO LAKE HWY, CRYSTAL RIVER, FL 34429-7624
- County
- Citrus
- In care of
- KATHY HOCKENBERRY