Mission and public details
THE AMERICAN LEGION is A VETERANS ORGANIZATION WHICH WAS DECLARED to BE A CORPORATE BODY BY AN ACT of THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1919. ACCORDING to THE ORIGINAL ACT and SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, THE PURPOSE of THE ORGANIZATION IS: "TO UPHOLD and DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION of THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA; to PROMOTE PEACE and GOODWILL AMONG THE PEOPLES of THE UNITED STATES and ALL of THE NATIONS of THE EARTH; to PRESERVE THE MEMORIES and INCIDENTS of THE TWO WORLD WARS and OTHER GREAT HOSTILITIES FOUGHT to UPHOLD DEMOCRACY; to CEMENT THE TIES and COMRADESHIP BORN of SERVICE; and to CONSECRATE THE EFFORTS of ITS MEMBERS to MUTUAL HELPFULNESS and SERVICE to THEIR COUNTRY."
- Organization
- THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK
- EIN
- 13-5609522
- Address
- 1304 PARK BLVD, TROY, NY, 12180-1403
- County
- Rensselaer
- Tax category
- Commemorative Events
- NTEE classification
- A84
- Organization website
- Visit website
