Districts are smaller divisions of departments,

The group holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code. The American Legion is headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind. and also has offices in Washington D.C. Currently the group has nearly 3 million members in more than 14,000 posts worldwide. The main American Legion headquarters in Indianapolis is located on the Indiana World War Memorial Plaza. It is the primary office for the National Commander and also houses the historical archives, library, membership, internal affairs, public relations, and the magazine editorial offices. The American Legion also owns a building in Washington D.C. that contains many of the operation offices such as Economics, Legislative, Veterans Affairs, Foreign Relations, National Security, and Media Relations, and etc. The American Legion organizational structure is divided into posts, districts, departments and headquarters. A Post is the most basic unit of the Legion and represents a small geographic area like a town. There are about 15,000 posts in the U.S. Districts are smaller divisions of departments, which oversee posts. The purpose of the districts is to allow one or two delegates to represent areas at activities. At the state level are the departments, which are the coordinating and administrative legs of the organizational structure. There are 55 American Legion Departments, one for each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, France, Mexico and the Philippines. American Legion activities include organizing commemorative events, volunteer activities and training for high school students, known as Boys State and Girls State.

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The American Legion also participates in U.S. politics by lobbying on the behalf of the best interests of veterans and service members. These best interests include support for veterans?benefits like pensions and best practices in the Veterans Affairs hospital system. Eligibility for American Legion membership is limited to honorably discharged veterans and current personnel of the U.S. military branches including the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard and the Air Force who served at least one day of active duty during World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon/Grenada, Panama and Gulf Wars. The American Legion Magazine publishes professionally written, accurate and relevant articles that promote the growth of American Legion programs, the reaching and understanding of American Legion objectives and pride in being a veteran and member of The American Legion. The magazine is only available to American Legion members.

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