The American Legion,commonly known as the Legion,is a non-profit organization of U.S. war veterans headquartered in Indianapolis,Indiana. It is made up of state,U.S. territory,and overseas departments,and these are in turn made up of local posts. The organization was formed on March 15,1919,in Paris,France,by a thousand officers and men of the American Expeditionary Forces,and it was chartered on September 16,1919,by the United States Congress.
An old soldiers' home is a military veterans' retirement home,nursing home,or hospital,or sometimes an institution for the care of the widows and orphans of a nation's soldiers,sailors,and marines,etc.
Mather Air Force Base was a United States Air Force Base,which was closed in 1993 pursuant to a post-Cold War BRAC decision. It was located 12 miles (19 km) east of Sacramento,on the south side of U.S. Route 50 in Sacramento County,California. Mather Field was one of 32 Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I in April 1917.
John Henry Balch was a United States Naval Reserve officer. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War I.
June McCarroll is credited by the California Department of Transportation with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line to separate lanes of highway traffic,although this claim is disputed by the Federal Highway Administration and the Michigan Department of Transportation as two Michigan men painted centerlines before her. She was born in Lewis County,New York. She was a nurse with the Southern Pacific Railroad in the early 20th century. According to a historic marker in Indio,California,after a near-collision in her Model T in 1917,"She personally painted the first known stripe in California on Indio Boulevard,then part of U.S. Route 99,during 1917."
Riverside National Cemetery (RNC) is a cemetery located in Riverside,California,dedicated to the interment of United States military personnel. The cemetery covers 1,250 acres (510 ha),making it the largest cemetery managed by the National Cemetery Administration. It has been the most active cemetery in the system since 2000,based on the number of interments.
Thomas Woodnutt Miller was an American politician serving as a Republican U.S. Representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the American Legion,who served as a National Legislative Committee chairman.
Benjamin J. Rabin was an American lawyer,jurist,World War I veteran,and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1945 to 1947.
Major General William George Haan was a senior United States Army officer. He commanded the 32nd Division during the final year of World War I,and served in numerous other conflicts during his career.
Harry Ellis Kalodner was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Herbert Jay Brees was a lieutenant general in the United States Army.
Mark Allan Takano is an American politician and academic who has been the United States representative for California's 41st congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,Takano became the first openly gay person of Asian descent in Congress upon taking office.
John Chalmers Tschappat,Jr.,sometimes listed as John Franklin Tschappat,was an American football player. He played at the tackle position for the Dayton Triangles of the American Professional Football Association during the 1921 APFA season,the second regular season of the National Football League.
Montgomery Meigs Macomb was a United States Army Brigadier General. He was a veteran of the Spanish–American War and World War I,and was notable for serving as commander of the Hawaiian Department,the Army War College,and Fort Sill.
Charles Schroeter was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Indian Wars,while serving with Company G,8th Regiment of the United States Cavalry. A German immigrant,his military career spanned thirty-one years,from 1863 to 1894,during which he also saw action in the American Civil War. He also served a tour of duty in the United States Marine Corps. After retirement from the military,he became a merchant.
Joseph Francis Ambrose was a World War I veteran from the U.S. state of Illinois who served with Company I,140th Infantry,35th Division,A. E. F.,from 1917 to 1919,becoming nationally known for his photo at the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington,D.C.,at the age of 86. In this widely viewed and circulated United States Defense Audiovisual Agency photo,he was photographed wearing his Doughboy uniform,helmet and field equipment,for which he was known as "Doughboy Joe". In the photo,Ambrose carries the U.S. flag that had covered the casket of his son,Clement A. Ambrose,who was killed in the Korean War in 1951.
After young African-American men volunteered to fight against the Central Powers,during World War I,many of them returned home but instead of being rewarded for their military service,they were subjected to discrimination and racism by the citizens and the government. Labor shortages in essential industries caused a massive migration of southern African- Americans to northern cities leading to a wide-spread emergency of segregation in the north and the regeneration of the Ku Klux Klan. For many African-American veterans,as well as the majority of the African-Americans in the United States,the times which followed the war were fraught with challenges similar to those they faced overseas. Discrimination and segregation were at the forefront of everyday life,but most prevalent in schools,public revenues,and housing. Although members of different races who had fought in World War 1 believed that military service was a price which was worth paying in exchange for equal citizenship,this was not the case for African Americans. The decades which followed World War 1 included blatant acts of racism and nationally recognized events which conveyed American society's portrayal of African-Americans as 2nd class citizens. Although the United States had just won The Great War in 1918,the national fight for equal rights was just beginning. This article focuses on African Americans who were lynched after World War I.
John E. Woodward was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the Spanish–American War,Philippine–American War,Moro Rebellion,Pancho Villa Expedition,and World War I,he served from 1892 to 1934 and attained the rank of brigadier general. Woodward was most notable for his command of the 113th Infantry Regiment,Camp Upton,152d Depot Brigade,24th Infantry Brigade,151st Depot Brigade,and 12th Division.
The Nihon Shōgakkōfire,or Japanese mission school fire,was a racially motivated arson that killed ten children at the dormitory of a Buddhist boarding school for Japanese immigrants and Japanese-American children in Sacramento,California,on April 15,1923. Fortunato Valencia Padilla,a Mexican-American itinerant from the Rio Grande Valley,admitted to committing the arson after his arrest in July 1923. Padilla confessed to at least 25 other fires in California,13 of which were committed against Japanese households and Japanese-owned properties. Padilla was indicted in on first-degree murder charges for the school fire on September 1,1923,in Sacramento,with the prosecution seeking capital punishment. He was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was imprisoned at Folsom State Prison and later San Quentin State Prison;he died in 1970.
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