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Renegotiating First World War Memory
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 200

Renegotiating First World War Memory

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-06-29
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  • Publisher: Routledge

First World War-based ex-servicemen’s organisations found themselves facing an existential crisis with the onset of the Second World War. This book examines how two such groups, the British and American Legions, adapted cognitively to the emergence of yet another world war and its veterans in the years 1938 through 1946. With collective identities and socio-political programmes based in First World War memory, both Legions renegotiated existing narratives of that war and the lessons they derived from those narratives as they responded to the unfolding Second World War in real time. Using the previous war as a "learning experience" for the new one privileged certain understandings of that c...

The Story of the American Legion
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 162

The Story of the American Legion

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-05-30
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  • Publisher: Unknown

The American Legion was founded in 1919, shortly after the harrowing conflict of World War I drew to a close; this book describes the founding, and the principles which underscored the Legion from day one. An excellent insight into the thought behind veterans' organizations, this book discusses the merits behind the creation of the American Legion. The foregoing devastation which characterized World War I, in which enormous numbers of Americans were enlisted for service, made the formation of veterans groups an urgent matter. The founders sought to promote the democratic ideals of the USA, record experiences of individual soldiers, and maintain ties of friendship between former soldiers. Muc...

Proceedings of ... National Convention of the American Legion
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 468

Proceedings of ... National Convention of the American Legion

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Proceedings of ... National Convention of the American Legion
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 676

Proceedings of ... National Convention of the American Legion

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2002
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Proceedings of 91st National Convention of the American Legion, August 21-27, 2009, 111-2 House Document 111-93
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 460
For God & Country
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 440

For God & Country

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1989
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  • Publisher: Unknown

A history of the years between the two world wars discusses the founding of the American Legion in 1919 and its contributions to patriotism, veterans and communities throughout the nation.

Proceedings of the 87th National Convention of the American Legion
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 366

Proceedings of the 87th National Convention of the American Legion

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1490
Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1200