Meet the American who founded the American Legion, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., privileged to fight and to serve
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr., oldest son of President Teddy Roosevelt, founded the American Legion after World War I; he received the Medal of Honor in World War II.
The American Legion’s origin story and the man at the center of it are every bit as remarkable as the organization itself. "That’s the way we do it in our family." "He was gassed nearly to blindness and wounded by machine-gun fire." "That’s the whole point of the American Legion. To make the country stronger." "It will steady the boys to know I am with them." "I have never known a braver man or a more devoted soldier." Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
The American Legion was established in Paris in 1919, in the immediate aftermath of World War I, by a convention of service-minded U.S. military officers.
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