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/əmˈɛrəkən lˈidʒən/ Listen

American Legion

noun

The largest organization of United States war veterans.

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"American Legion" Quotes from Famous Books

... he continued, "to enlist in the American Legion. They say hundreds and thousands of young men from the United States who are willing to fight under the Union Jack, have gone up into Canada for training and are this very minute facing the gray coats of the German enemy ...

— The Flag • Homer Greene

... bird-life to the community; toll-gates were abolished along the two main arteries of travel; the removal of all telegraph and telephone poles was begun; an efficient Boy Scout troop was organized, and an American Legion post; the automobile speed limit was reduced from twenty-four to fifteen miles as a protection to children; roads were regularly swept, cleaned, and oiled, and ...

— The Americanization of Edward Bok - The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward William Bok

Words linked to "American Legion" : association, vet, legionnaire, ex-serviceman, veteran