In 1918, a group of twenty officers met in France to suggest ideas on how to improve troop Morale. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of the former President, proposed forming an organization of veterans to support the troops and provide them with a source of continued fellowship after their military service was over. That suggestion led to the formation of the American Legion, which congress formally chartered the following year. Brother Roosevelt, a member of his father's Lodge, Matinecock Lodge 806 of Oyster Bay, NY, went on to become a World War II hero, winning the Congressional Medal of Honor shortly before his death in 1944.
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