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Working for veterans and our community since 1919

Meetings currently held on the 3rd Saturday of each month

at the Boone County Public Library

(870) 716-9153

The local Harrison American Legion Allen-McKinney Post 44 was established in Harrison in 1919. For over a hundred years, the local post has been working to help veterans of the U.S. Armed Services and to make the Harrison/Boone County community a better place.

Working and volunteering in communities, states, the nation and around the world, The American Legion has been dedicated to veterans, troops, national security, youth, disaster relief and patriotism for over a century. Nearly 2 million U.S. military veterans are members of The American Legion. Joining them are nearly 1 million members of the American Legion Auxiliary, and more than 375,000 Sons of The American Legion, male descendants of U.S. wartime veterans. They work as one great American Legion Family of shared values, at more than 12,000 local posts worldwide, in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America and Asia. As a federally chartered organization, The American Legion upholds a sacred duty to provide free expert benefits assistance for all who have served our country in the U.S. Armed Forces, as well as their families. Each local post has its own unique identity, but they are all connected by common core values based on military service and responsible citizenship. No matter the era of service, branch or duty station, Legionnaires believe in an American’s lifelong devotion to: Strong communities. The Constitution. Law and order. Americanism. Honor and remembrance. Such values are embedded in the soul of The American Legion. Generation after generation, the purposes of for which Legionnaires associate collectively come down to a simple three-world motto that comes to life in thousands of ways across the land: “Veterans Strengthening America.”