The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, is an organization of U.S. veterans headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It comprises state, U.S. territory, and overseas departments, in turn mad
American Legion National Headquarters Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
A photographer who slipped in a half-hour before the session began, with more than half the Paris caucus delegates absent
Hundreds of thousands of African-Americans were in segregated units in World War I, mostly assigned to non-combat duties. The early American Legion left the question of integration, the formation of segregated "Negro" posts, or exclusion of black soldiers from membership altogether up to the states and the posts themselves, often resulting in gross disparities of opportunity.
A political cartoon from the Portland Telegram depicting a Legionnaire preparing to hit a ball labeled "Bolshevism" with a rifle butt labeled "100 per cent Americanism" beside a quote from Theodore Roosevelt: "Don't argue with the reds; go to bat with them and go to the bat strong!"
The Centralia Tragedy, also known as the Centralia Conspiracy and the Armistice Day Riot, was a violent and bloody incident that occurred in Centralia, Washington, on November 11, 1919, during a parad
The burial of Wesley Everest included an armed National Guard unit.
IWW Union HAll Centralia Washington
Labeled photo of eleven IWW defendants in Centralia Tragedy trial; Top Row Left to right:Loren Roberts; James McInereny; Brit Smith;O.C. Bland; Bert Faulkner; Ray Becker. Bottom Row left to right: Mike Sheehan; John Lamb; Eugene Barnett; Bert Bland; Elmer Smith
The Sentinel bronze statue