_11. Resolutions._
BE IT RESOLVED: That copies of these resolutions be forwarded to every
member of the United States Senate and to each Representative in
Congress.
LEGION FACTS
What has gone before is the story of the American Legion in the
making. Now it is a going, growing institution.
Because it will be of vital interest and importance to every one of
the four million Americans who wore the uniform, the following
information concerning the American Legion, in the form of questions
and answers, is here given, as follows:
(1) _What is the American Legion_?
(a) It is the organization of American veterans of the World
War.
(2) _Who is eligible_?
(a) Any soldier, sailor or marine who served honorably between
April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918.
(3) _Are women eligible_?
(a) Yes, those who were regularly enlisted or commissioned in
the army, navy or marine corps.
(4) _When was the Legion started_?
(a) It was first organized in Paris, March 15 to 17, 1919, by a
thousand officers and men, delegates from all the units of the
American Expeditionary Force to an organization caucus meeting,
which adopted a tentative constitution and selected the name
"American Legion.
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