{"id":74717,"date":"2019-08-17T09:13:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T13:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=74717"},"modified":"2019-08-17T09:13:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T13:13:23","slug":"legion-act-signed-into-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2019\/08\/17\/legion-act-signed-into-law\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGION Act signed into law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a significant legislative victory for The American Legion, President Trump signed a bill July 30 that declares the United States has been in a state of war since Dec. 7, 1941. The American Legion sought the declaration as a way to honor approximately 1,600 U.S. service members who were killed or wounded during previously undeclared periods of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LEGION Act (Let Everyone Get Involved In Opportunities for National Service Act) also opens the door for approximately 6 million veterans to access American Legion programs and benefits for which they previously had not been eligible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Locally, and at American Legion 401, they have expanded membership to any honorably discharged veteran who has served since 1941.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll veterans wrote the same blank check with intent to serve in whatever capacity was needed at the&nbsp;time of their&nbsp;service. Whether it was wartime or not should not be the only criteria for honoring that veterans service,\u201d Bonnie Hand, commander of Post 401 in Owego stated in a release.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the law\u2019s signing, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legion.org\/membership\/246557\/legion-act-signed-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"www.legion.org\/membership\/246557\/legion-act-signed-law (opens in a new tab)\">www.legion.org\/membership\/246557\/legion-act-signed-law<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about American Legion Post 401 in Owego, call (607) 687-3401.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a significant legislative victory for The American Legion, President Trump signed a bill July 30 that declares the United States has been in a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":74718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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