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American Legion Post 24 American Legion Post 24 Upcoming Events About The American Legion Who Are We. The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic mutualhelp wartime veterans organization. A community service organization that now numbers nearly 2 million members men and women in nearly 13000 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.