American Legion Ribbon

Blue text on a white background with a gold, blue and brown symbol in the center and a red white and blue ribbon attached

The American Legion is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization created by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization. It has grown since then to be the United States’ largest wartime veterans service organization. The American Legion has done work to advocate for veterans benefits and has produced many youth programs including the American Legion Baseball, one of the nation’s most successful amateur athletic programs, and the Operation Comfort Warriors program, which supports recovering wounded veterans and their families.