Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1920 — Legion Posts Throughout Country More Than 6,500 [ARTICLE]

Legion Posts Throughout Country More Than 6,500

Z, American Legion posts in the United States and foreign countries now total 6,561, it was recently announced at national headquarters in Indianapolis. France, England and Canada each have one post, Alaska has spur posts, Hawaii five. Cuba one, Panama one, Mexico one and the Philippine islands one. Ten states have more than 200 posts each. New York leads the states with 777 posts ; Pennsylvania is second with 497, and Illinois is third with 309 posts. lowa has 345 local organizations, Ohio has 298, Massachusetts 238, New Jersey 224, Missouri 220 and Indiana 203.