Club Manager Opportunity

CLUB MANAGER ANOKA AMERICAN LEGION Resumes are now being accepted for the position of Club Manager.  Anyone interested can send or drop off their resume at American Legion Post 102 c/o Adjutant 400 West Main Street Anoka, MN  55303 763-421-0883  

2022 Commander for The American Legion

Veteran from Lake Kiowa, Texas, Elected  National Commander of The American Legion  PHOENIX (Sept. 2, 2021) –  Paul E. Dillard was elected national commander of the nearly two-million member American Legion today in Phoenix, during the organization’s 102nd national convention. He first joined the nation’s […]

Today in American Legion history:

Aug. 26, 1982: The American Legion, at its national convention in Chicago, presents a check for $1 million to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, making it the single largest contributor to the monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.   The road to its dedication […]

Boys Nation President and Vice President Elected

California Student Elected President of the 2021 American Legion Boys Nation; Alabama Student Elected Vice President WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 28, 2021) – Two prominent leaders emerged from The American Legion Boys Nation program Tuesday night. Ryan Jung, of Irvine, Calif., was elected President of The […]

2021 Legislative Accomplishments

The American Legion Department of Minnesota It was a rather successful year for our legislative efforts. Your Department of Minnesota had a key role in the successful passage of the following: Three new Minnesota Veterans Homes. Groundbreaking will be Aug. 19 in Preston, Aug. 23 […]

This week in American Legion history

July 19, 1918: Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., is shot through the right leg with a machine gun during battle near Soissons, France.  He is evacuated in the sidecar of a motorcycle before catching an automobile ride to a Paris apartment where his wife, Eleanor, […]

American Legion history

Catching up on and looking ahead at American Legion history:  June 30, 1930: American Legion Memorial Bridge is completed in Traverse City, Mich., crossing the Boardman River. It is placed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 2000. June 30, 1946: Omaha, Neb., American […]