The American Legion Legacy Scholarship

This scholarship is awarded to child/children or legally adopted child/children or a child of a spouse by a prior marriage or dependent child as defined by the United States Armed Services for active duty personnel of the United States military and National Guard, and military reservists who were federalized and died on active duty on or after September 11, 2001.

Applicants must be a high school senior or high school graduate to apply for the scholarship. Applicants can pick up the application in the Financial Aid Office, Main Campus, or go to www.legion.org to apply online. Applications must be post marked no later than April 15, 2008.

The American Legion Eagle Scout of the Year

The American Legion Life Insurance Committee provides for a National Scholarship to be awarded to the Eagle Scout who is selected “The American Legion Eagle Scout of the Year.” The American Legion Eagle scout of the Year will receive a $10,000 scholarship. Three second-place scholarship awards will be given in the amount of $2,500 each. The scholarship recipients will be eligible to receive their scholarships immediately upon graduation from a state accredited high school (public, parochial, military, private, or home school) and must utilize the total award within four (4) years of their graduation date, excluding active military duty. The scholarship may be used to attend a school selected by the student providing it is state accredited, above the high school level, and within the continental limits of the United States, except in the case where the student may be from a possession of the United States, in which case he can select a school in that possession or in the continental United States.

Applicants must be a registered, active member of a Boy Scout Troop, Varsity Scout Team, or Venturing Crew chartered to an American Legion Post, Auxiliary Unit or Sons of The American Legion Squadron or be a registered, active member of a duly chartered Boy Scout Troop, Varsity Scout Team, or Venturing Crew, and the son or grandson of a Legionnaire of Auxiliary member. The applicant must also have received the Eagle Scout Award, be an active member of his religious institution, must have received the appropriate Boy Scout religious emblem, have demonstrated practical citizenship in church, school, Scouting, and community, and have reached his 15th birthday and be enrolled in high school at the time of selection.

Applicants can pick up applications in the Financial Aid Office, Main Campus, or log onto www.legion.org to apply on online. Applications must be post marked no later than April 15, 2008. Further information is available from the Department Adjutants, or the Americanism and Children and Youth Division at:

The American Legion
P.O. Box 1055
Indianapolis, IN 46206