Year at a Glance

For hotel and hospitality information, please click on the links or go to our calendar for more details.

1st District Spring Conference- March 28th – Victor

2nd District Spring Conference- April 18th – Post 331 Auxiliary in Springville

3rd District Spring Conference- March 14th- Veterans Memorial Parkersburg

4th District Spring Conference – April 11th – Waucoma Event Center

5th District Spring Conference- April 18th-Across from Hedrick Legion

6th District Spring Conference- March 21st- Grimes Marantha Baptist Church

7th District Spring Conference- March 7th – Stanton

8th District Spring Conference- April 11th- Fort Dodge

9th District Spring Conference- April 11th- Paulina

Junior Camp will be held at the Christian Conference Center in Newton, Iowa.

Junior Convention will be held on June 12th.

TO register and for more information, please go to Forms/Resources and scroll down to Junior Camp

Girls State is 14th-19th 2026

Inauguration Ceremony 19th 2026

I hope you can join in our fun!

For more information and registration information, please go to iowagirlsstate.org.

July 17th through 19th

Registration for the Dept Convention

Register your JUNIOR today for Fun activities

Convention RULES

Program- Subject to change

Call To Convention 2026

Link for Request to order photos from the Dept Convention

Register here-Register TODAY!

DEC MEETING- July 30th VIA ZOOM

Department Program Workshop is August 1st, 2026 at Holmes Murphey

These are held in the month of August.

2026 National Convention
Louisville, Kentucky
August 28-September 3, 2026

The annual National Convention is the governing body of The American Legion. Each of the Legion’s 55 departments – the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, France, Latin America and the Philippines – is entitled to a minimum of five voting delegates to the convention. A department is granted one additional delegate for each 1,000 members (or major fraction thereof) 30 days before the convention.

How to Attend

Delegates and Alternates for the Department of Iowa are selected at the Spring District Conferences and ratified at the annual Department Convention.  Those not elected as a Delegate or Alternate may attend the National Convention as a Guest.  If the Districts do not fill their delegations, Alterntes and Guests from other districts will be moved to Delegate positions.

Registration for Delegates, Alternates, and Guests to the National Convention is $35.  Registration forms are available at district conferences or can be downloaded below.

All room reservations should be made through The American Legion, Department of Iowa, using Form 1.

2026 Forms and Instructions

• General Information (PDF)
• Form Instructions (PDF)
• Form 1 TAL (PDF)
  • American Legion Delegate/Alternate/Guest Registration
  • Sons of The American Legion Delegate/Alternate/Guest Registration
  • National Commander’s Banquet Tickets
• Form 2 ALA (PDF)
  • Auxiliary Delegate/Alternate/Guest Registration
  • States Dinner Tickets
• Shirt Order Form (PDF)

National Convention Schedules

Schedules for 2026 will be available before the National Convention.

Facility Floorplans

• Hyatt Regency Louisville – Department of Iowa Hotel
• Kentucky International Convention Center

Additional resources

https://www.legion.org/get-involved/meetings/national-convention

Future Convention Locations

• Louisville, Kentucky – August 28 – September 3, 2026
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• Kansas City, Missouri – August 27 – September 2, 2027
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• Columbus, Ohio – August 25 – August 31, 2028
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• Indianapolis, Indiana – August 24 – August 30, 2029
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• Salt Lake City, Utah – August 23 – August 29, 2030
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• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – August 22 – August 28, 2031
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