Eternal Flame - Birth of The American Legion
N 38° 37.755 W 090° 12.057
15S E 743656 N 4279352
This is where The American Legion was born in 1919
Waymark Code: WM2DM7
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/16/2007
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The Plaque says
On this site was born the American Legion May 8-9-10, 1919
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Temporary Chairman
Bennett C. Clark Acting Chairman
Henry D. Lindsley Permanent Chairman
Eric F. Wood Secretary
For God and Country we associate ourselves together for the following purpose: To uphold and defend the constitution of the United States of America to maintain law and order: To foster and perpetuate a one hundred per cent Americanism: To preserve the memories and inculcate absence or individual obligations to the Community, State, and Nation: To combat the autocracy of both classes and the masses: To make right the master of might: To promote peace and good will on Earth: To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of Justice, Freedom, and Democracy to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
Erected May 9, 1935