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Links To Other Webites of Interest to Veterans
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The American Legion Websites

The American Legion National Headquarters
 American Legion Auxiliary National Website
 Sons of The American Legion (S.A.L.) National Website
 40 and 8 National Website
 Legion Emblem Catalog

Flag and Emblem

Colorado Websites

Department of Colorado  
SAL Detachment of Colorado  
   
Post 1, Denver Post 32, Longmont
Post 4, Ft. Collins Post 103, Littleton
Post 11-11, North Jeffco Post 119, Estes Park
Post 10, Boulder Post 1864, Parker
Post 15, Loveland Post 1980, Woodland Park
Post 20, Sterling  

Colorado Veteran's Services

Click to go to Colorado Veteran's Services   Information on employment assistance, unemployment insurance, preference and benefits options, training opportunities, women's issues, legislative updates and current events relating to veterans.

Colorado Freedom Memorial
   The Colorado Freedom Memorial will be the first Monument in America to honor veterans of all wars, by name, in one place. Regardless of one's rank; one's branch of service; or one's generation of conflict, giving your life for your country is the highest price to be paid.
   Colorado Freedom Memorial Mission Statement:
   To create in glass and stone a memorial that honors the Coloradans who left to fight for freedom and never returned.
   To create with nature a place of beauty and reverence where family and comrades can find peace in the memory of lost loved ones
   To create in all who see this monument an understanding of the magnitude of loss we all share in the name of freedom.

Colorado Veterans Monument

Click to go to the Colorado Veterans Monument   The Colorado Veterans Monument was built by the volunteer staff of the Colorado Tribute to Veterans Fund, Inc. which I formed in 1983. I am a Vietnam Veteran of the 4th Infantry Division, 2/8 (Mechanized), Central Highlands, December 1968 - December 1969. When I discovered that other veterans from World War I, World War II, and Korea had also not been honored at our State Capitol, the veterans monument evolved into its present form. It is both a memorial to the dead and a tribute for the living of the past, present, and future. Tim Drago, Founder.

Project Sanctuary

  Project Sanctuary is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to provide therapeutic, curative, supportive and recreational services to veterans, active military personnel, their spouses and children in a leisure environment.
   Our mission is simple. Give our returning heroes time to reunite and bond with their families. At the same time, provide the veteran, their spouse and the kids support and opportunities to tap into resources, so that their lives can continue towards a positive and productive path. We are helping to give American families the best chance to stay intact, be happy and self-sufficient.

Colorado American Legion Baseball
  Since 1925 The American Legion has sponsored American Legion Baseball the oldest and largest nationwide teenage baseball program in America. More than ten million teenagers have played American Legion Baseball since 1925. The success of American Legion Baseball belongs to the legionnaires and volunteers who donate hundreds of hours each summer to ensure players have an opportunity to play the game of baseball.

National Websites

National American Legion Baseball
Click here to go to the National Legion Baseball Website   Since 1925, The American Legion has sponsored a nationwide youth baseball program.  During these past seven decades, millions of young players have enjoyed playing baseball.  The American Legion and their 2.8 million members have raised millions of dollars each year for players to learn the importance of teamwork, discipline, leadership and good sportsmanship.  The American Legion sponsors American Legion Baseball to give players an opportunity to develop their skills, personal fitness, leadership qualities and to have fun.
Department of Veterans Affairs
   The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Web site is a worldwide resource that provides information on VA programs, veterans benefits, VA facilities worldwide, and VA medical automation software. Made available on September 1994, the site serves several major constituencies, including the veteran and his or her dependents, Veterans Service Organizations, the military, the general public, and VA employees around the world. These documents are easily accessible and richly linked from their table of contents, as well as searchable by keyword.

Online Directory of Veterans Service Organizations

   The Online Directory of Veterans Service Organizations is published as an informational service by the Office of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
  This up-to-date, database driven website allows you to view VSO information in a variety of ways. 
   You may also search through the VSO database to find information that suits your needs

 The Veterans Service Organizations Directory

FirstGov - Your First Click to the U. S. Government
 Click to go to firstgov.gov 
   In September 2000,  FirstGov.gov, was launched to provide the only official U.S. Government portal to 30 million pages of government information, services, and online transactions.
   The site offers a powerful search engine that searches every word of every U.S. government document in a quarter of a second or less. FirstGov.gov also features a topical index, online transactions, links to state and local government, options to contact your government, and other tools so you don't have to know the name of the government agency to get the information you want anytime you want it.

The American Legion Action Center.
Cick to go to the Legion Action Center   Contact Elected officials, Review Important issues, recent votes, and current legislation. Includes a guide to the media.

Veterans Benefits Handbook
  A new edition of the Department of Veterans Affairs' popular handbook "Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents" updates the rates for certain federal payments and outlines a variety of programs and benefits for American veterans. The handbook can be downloaded free from VA's Web site at http://www.va.gov/opa/feature.
   In addition to health-care and burial benefits, veterans may be eligible for programs providing home loan guarantees, educational assistance, training and vocational rehabilitation, income assistance pensions, life insurance and compensation for service-connected illnesses or disabilities.

Veteran's Online Job Search
   Military.com serves as the exclusive online job search provider for The American Legion and will help connect Legion members transitioning from military service into civilian life with relevant job search tools.
   Leveraging the expertise of its parent company, Monster Worldwide, Military.com powers the http://legion.monster.com Website to provide American Legion members with job postings, job search agents, resume builder and access to the Veteran Career Network. The Veteran Career Network is a community of nearly 350,000 Military.com members who offer to assist other veterans in their job search and transition to civilian life.

Military HOMEFRONT

   Military HOMEFRONT is the official Department of Defense web site for reliable Quality of Life information designed to help troops and their families, leaders and service providers. Whether you live the military lifestyle or support those who do, you'll find what you need!

Citizen's Flag Alliance

Click to go to the Citizen's Flag Alliance    The Citizens Flag Alliance, Inc., is a coalition of organizations, most of which are national in scope, that have come together for one reason: to persuade the Congress of the United States to propose a constitutional amendment to protect the American flag from physical desecration, and send it to the states for ratification.

The National Flag Day Foundation
   The Foundation's specific MISSION is through educational programs of different kinds to encourage Americans to better understand patriotism and the need to express their allegiance to the nation and the flag, especially on Flag Day, June 14th.

The National Anthem Project: Restoring America's Voice
   The campaign to get America singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” while spotlighting the important role music education plays in giving Americans our patriotic voice. Did you know a recent Harris poll shows that two out of three American adults don’t know all of the words to “The Star-Spangled Banner” - and many more don’t know which song is our anthem or why it was written? Many of those who do say they know the words say they learned patriotic songs in music class. The National Association for Music Education (MENC) wants all Americans to know our National Anthem and take pride in singing it together - and wants all Americans to have access to music in school!

Defense POW / Missing Personnel Office (DPMO)
Click to go to Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office website   The home page of the Defense POW / Missing Personnel Office (DPMO). The information assembled on the website is to assist readers in understanding the U.S. Government effort to achieve the fullest possible accounting of our missing in action -- from all wars.
 
 The Chapel of Four Chaplains
   The Chapel of Four Chaplains is a non-profit organization established to encourage cooperation and selfless service among all people.
  The inspiration for the Chapel and its mission comes from the courageous acts of the four Army Chaplains who were serving aboard the USAT DORCHESTER when it was hit by an enemy torpedo and sank in the North Atlantic on February 3, 1943.

Blue Star Service Banner; The Tradition Continues...
   A Blue Star Service Banner displayed in the window of a home is a tradition in America. The Banner lets others know that someone in this home is serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. As citizens steel themselves for the long and difficult "War on Terrorism" the Blue Star Service Banner tradition reminds us all that this new war touches every neighborhood in our land. More Info.
 
The American Gold Star Mothers
Click here to go to www.goldstarmoms.com   The membership of American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. is composed of American Mothers who lost a son or daughter during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Beirut, Grenada, Panama, the Persian Gulf, Somalia, Bosnia, Saudi Arabia, all Strategic Areas, or while in service to our country. The organization was founded nationally shortly after the First World War by Mrs. Grace Darling Seibold, Washington, DC, for the purpose of perpetuating the ideals of Americanism for which their children had so gallantly fought and died. American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. a federally-chartered organization, is a member of the National Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service Advisory Committee.

Military Moms - On Line Support Group
Click here to go to militarymoms.net
   Military Moms is an on line support group for all Military families of all branches. The place for encouragement, understanding or companionship during your loved ones service time, or maybe a place to vent, or even perhaps to grab an opportunity to help another family with words of encouragement, wisdom or comfort. We even have Support Our Troops projects underway for people to participate in to keep their minds and hearts busy and active while they wait at home for that phone call or letter. Please take a moment and check out militarymoms.net – we look forward to your visit!

The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS )
Click here to go to the TAPS website.   TAPS is a national non-profit organization made up of, and providing services to, all those who have lost a loved one while serving in the Armed Forces. The heart of TAPS is our national military survivor peer support network. We also offer grief counseling referral, case worker assistance and crisis information, all available to help families and military personnel cope and recover. We provide these services 24 hours a day free of charge!

Children's Miracle Network
   Though created by The American Legion in 1954, the Child Welfare Foundation, Inc. is a separate 501 (c) 3 corporation. Our foremost philanthropic priority is to provide other nonprofit organizations with a means to educate the public about the needs of children across this nation.

Legionnaire Insurance Trust

Click to go to the Legionnaire Insurance Trust   To offer Legionnaires from participating state departments valuable, quality insurance protection as a benefit of membership

Military City OnLine
Click to go to the Military City OnLine website
     MilitaryCity.com is the entryway to ArmyTimes.com, NavyTimes.com, AirForceTimes.com and MarineCorpsTimes.com.

 

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