The American Legion, Department of Wyoming

The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, is a  non-
profit   organization  of  U.S.   war   veterans  headquartered in  Indianapolis ,  Indiana . It comprises state,
U.S. territory, and overseas departments, in turn, made up of local posts. The organization was
formed on March 15, 1919, in  Paris ,  France , by a thousand  officers  and men of the  American
Expeditionary Forces  (A.E.F.), and it was  chartered  on September 16, 1919, by the  U.S. Congress .