The American Legion Magazine
August 2007
The American Legion has joined with the Alliance Defense Fund and the Liberty Legal Institute to safeguard U.S. war memorials before they are targeted for removal. The Alliance Defense Fund is an organization of more than 1,000 attorneys – some of them veterans or active-duty members of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps – and the Liberty Legal Institute is a member of that alliance.
Together, they’ve agreed to represent The American Legion and local governments throughout the country on a pro-bono basis when the American Civil Liberties Union files establishment-clause lawsuits, as it has in efforts to remove from public sight any war memorials with religious symbolism.
Legionnaires are asked to locate, identify and report all veterans memorials throughout the United States. The information will assist attorneys in the legal defense of attempts to remove, alter or destroy the monuments.
For more information or to file a report on the location and disposition of a monument, visit www.legion.org on the Web and click on the Alliance Defense Fund logo.