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American legionnaires are enjoined to participate in a movement that will push to amend the flag-protection law. It is a move to bring back to the American citizens the right to legally protect the American flag from any acts of physical desecration.

The American Legion continues to support a constitutional amendment to protect the flag. The group is calling on members to display the flag every day from Memorial Day to Veterans Day 1998.

The American Legion has been pushing for an amendment of the constitution to restore the right of citizens to protect the flag. The Supreme Court decided revise the law on flag burning in 1989 and considered the act protectable under the First Amendment.

A family's request for a flag for a veteran's casket is often the first notification the government receives of a veteran's death. This fact shows the importance of the flag to patriotic Americans.

The American Legion and the Citizens Flag Alliance will begin a flag-flying campaign in May 1998 in support of a constitutional amendment to prevent flag desecration. The amendment is an acknowledgment of the patriotism of Americans and veterans.

Legionnaires promote nationalism in their communities by appealing to residents of their respective communities to fly the American flag. The American Legion's 'Show Your Colors' campaign are being adopted in schools nationwide making school children active participants.

Opinion. Offers a look at the need to implement a law to protect the physical desecration of the United States flag, with reference to the voting on a flag-protection amendment by the US Senate during September 1998. How members of the American Legion organization can help ensure the passage of the flag protection amendment, Senate Joint Resolution 40. INSET: The clarion call.

Opinion. Focuses on the reactivation of Post 171, of the American Legion, in Colorado. Information on a visit to Post 171, by an individual and several Legionnaires; Details on the Cripple Creek's end-of-summer `Salute to American Veterans Rally and Festival'; In-depth look at the American Legion Riders program.

Opinion. Provides information which relates to The American Legion programs for young people in the United States. Reference to the Junior ROTC program, the college-level Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC); Detailed information on the program; Information on what the program offers; Comments from the author; Advantages of this program.

Opinion. Focuses on the America Legion. Background information on the Legion; Information on the positive effects of the Legion; Details on Armistice Day.

Focuses on the lessons of the Christmas season. Reference to the American Legion Family; Information on the 1997 National Patriots Award Dinner in Little Rock, Arkansas; Indepth look at the Christmas season.