Word: americans
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...hope that the undergraduates at Harvard will form a 'Harvard Legion' similar to the 'American Legion' which has just been organized," said Lieut-Col. Theodore Roosevelt '09 in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter in New York on Saturday, "and I recommend that steps be taken at once for its formation and its union with the National Legion. As a result of the recent convention at St. Louis, the plans for the organization of an American Legion of all men who have been in the service of the United States during the World War is well under way, and local...
...three most important principles in the foundation of the American Legion, were adopted at the St. Louis convention. First, it was decided that the Legion is to be a civilian organization. There is to be no distinction of rank between members,-a private is to have the same standing as an officer. Second, the convention voted, that the Legion should be entirely non-partisan. Although it may later advocate certain national policies, it will always attempt to remain out of politics. The third decision reached at the convention was that the membership of the Legion will include...
...Mayor Thompson of Chicago had refused to invite the French mission to his city, had publicly proclaimed Chicago as the 'sixth German city of the world,' and had shown his pro-German tendencies by many other actions. It seemed entirely fitting to refuse to hold a convention of American war veterans in a city which had re-elected him mayor...
Plans for "American Legion" Made in France...
...original plan of forming an association of American War Veterans was started in Europe this fall, when a group of officers, meeting by chance in Paris, decided that there ought to be such an organization. Thereupon they called a caucus of representatives of all the units in the American army abroad, which met in Paris. At this larger convention, which came together early this year, the name 'American Legion' was adopted, certain paragraphs of the constitution were ratified, an executive committee was appointed, and it was decided to hold another caucus in this country. A committee of 200 was formed...