Local American Legions sending 11 young men to Boys State
Local American Legions are sponsoring several young men to participate in Boys State in June. Pictured at the Coeur d'Alene American Legion on April 4, from left: Lachlan Piper, Aaron Sadler, Griffin Holmes, Bryce Miller, Adam Sonntag and Logan Doyle. Not pictured: Zachary Blansfield, Wyatt Marcelli, Marley Bilski, Nicolas Gronlund and Zachary Cook.
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In true and humble statesman fashion, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. refused to take the glory for creating the American Legion.
“No one man can claim to be the founder of The American Legion," he once said, according to legion.org, the American Legion's website.