Judy Demarest

Judith Nadine Demarest, age 75, of Ames, passed away on Monday, December 30, 2019 at the Israel Family Hospice House. Judy was a 52-year member of the Ames American Legion Auxiliary and a past member of the Pure Heaven Color Guard, winning multiple American Legion National Championships. Judy was also the wife of Past Department … Read more

2020 Veterans Day at the Capitol

The American Legion Department of Iowa 2020 Legislative Priorities Military Homeownership Assistance Program The Military Homeownership Assistance Program is one of the most attractive benefits within Home Base Iowa’s arsenal aimed at the recruitment of out of state veterans. In recent years, funding for the Military Homeownership Assistance Program has not lasted much beyond the … Read more

Missing In America Project

Public Invitation for Veteran Interment Service Friday, December 13, 2019 11:00 AM Iowa Veterans Cemetery 34024 Veterans Memorial Dr. Adel, IA We respectfully invite all Veterans, Veteran Organizations and Patriotic Individuals, to be part of the interment, with Honors, for the unclaimed remains of: Richard William Randolph US Army Veteran PVT 1 H/H Battery 2nd … Read more

2019 NVC Membership Tour Underway

By Dick Hogan Department Vice Commander, Second District The National Vice Commander’s annual post and membership tour is more special this year. Iowa Legionnaires can be proud that this year they will see a familiar face wearing the red National Vice Commander’s hat as he makes the rounds of the state’s nine districts. Bruce Feuerbach … Read more

Pvt. Whitaker Returns Home

After 76 years a young Marine will be Returning Home from Battle At 2:00 pm on November 22, 2019 Channing Robert Whitaker, son of Luther & Retta Whitaker, will receive full military burial honors In Des Moines, Iowa. Channing was the seventh child born on August 17, 1925 in Granger, Iowa.  The large family included … Read more