Welcome to Post 11-11, Named in honor of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., a highly decorated WWII war hero. Chartered November 11, 1980 honoring Veterans Day and all who have died in wars since WWI.
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time veterans organization. A community-service organization which now numbers nearly 3 million members -- men and women -- in nearly 15,000 American Legion Posts worldwide. These Posts are organized into 55 Departments -- one each for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, France, Mexico, and the Philippines. |
