Monday, January 18, 2010

The American Legion, Trenton, New Jersey


Corner in Reading Room, Hitching Post No. 93, adjacent Pennsylvania Railroad Station, sponsored by Trenton Post No. 93, The American Legion, Trenton, New Jersey.

postmarked in 1943, member of the Army so free to mail, no stamp

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The American Legion is a congressionally chartered mutual-aid veterans organization of the United States armed forces founded to benefit those veterans who served during a wartime period as defined by the U.S. Congress. The American Legion was founded in 1919 by veterans returning from Europe after World War I. The organization is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and also has offices in Washington D.C. The group has nearly 3 million members in over 14,000 Posts worldwide.

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