American Legion - 50 years - Douglasville, GA
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 33° 44.397 W 084° 47.133
16S E 705140 N 3735525
This posts honoring the the organizations anniversary. The Liberty Tree no longer stands.
Waymark Code: WMZQE9
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/22/2018
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County of post: Douglas County
Location of post: E. Veterans Memorial Hwy. (US-78/GA-8), W. of Douglasville
Chartered: March 19, 1935
Phone: (770) 949-2631
Stone Text:
FREEDOM TREE
Planted Nov. 11, 1968 as a living
Memorial to Commemorate the
50th Anniversary of the
AMERICAN LEGION
and to Honor our Heros [sic]
Living and Dead
OK, Wikipedia has is sort of right...but follow this.
There was a preliminary meeting in France, but the name of the organization and the document for the charter was developed in St. Louis.
The American Legion was actually founded in St. Louis, Missouri, May 8-10. 1919 --- this monument and eternal flame marks (almost) the spot.
Congress did issue a charter September 16, 1919.
The American Club (and Wikipedia) claim the founding, and rumors say it was founded in France, in a bar in 1918...well, no documents cover that.