Over 54,000 Members 500+ Local Posts 501(c)(19) Headquarters: Portage, WI Veterans Service Office: Milwaukee, WI Camp American Legion: Lake Tomahawk, WI The American Legion is a not-for-profit veteran service organization chartered and incorporated by Congress in 1919. It is founded on four pillars. Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation National Security Americanism Children & Youth “Each of these pillars encompasses a variety of programs that benefit our nation’s veterans, its service members, their families, the youth of America and its citizens.”