Year at a Glance- Updated 07/31/2024

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1st District Spring Conference- Completed

2nd District Spring Conference- Completed

3rd District Spring Conference- Completed

4th District Spring Conference – April 19th – Independence

5th District Spring Conference- April 19th – Grinnell

6th District Spring Conference- April 26th – Van Meter

7th District Spring Conference- Completed

8th District Spring Conference- Completed

9th District Spring Conference- Completed

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

Junior Convention will be held on June 13th.

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

Girls State is the week of June 15th to 20th

Inauguration Ceremony will be on June 20th ..

I hope you can join in our fun!

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

July 18th through 20th

Registration for the Dept Convention

Per Diem for Committee Members and Department Officers

Convention RULES

Program- Subject to change

Call To Convention 2025

Link for Request to order photos from the Dept Convention

Register here by July 25th–Registration opens soon

DEC MEETING August 1st at 6:00 pm, More info soon..

Department Program Workshop is August 2, 2025

Saturday’s meeting begins at 10:00 a.m. and concludes at about 3:30 p.m. at the Holmes Murphy 2727 Grand Prairie Pkwy, Waukee, IA 50263

Coffee, Juice, and Donuts will be provided on Saturday at 9:00 a.m.

Lunch will be provided at Saturday’s meeting by Madison County Cattlemen’s Organization.

Menu- Hamburgers, Cheeseburgers, All Beef Hotdogs, and side dishes.

1st District – August 10th Columbus Junction

2nd District -August 10thSt. John Lutheran Church, 1420 Walker Street, Ely, IA 52227

3rd District – August 7th Conrad

4th  District – August 10th St Lucas Community Center

5th District – Deep River, TBD

6th District – August 10th Ames Post

7th District -August 10th Gleenwood

8th District -August 17th Gilmore City

9th District – August 10th Alton- August 17th in Moville.

2025 National Convention
August 22-28, 2025
Tampa, FL

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, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, France, Lating 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.  

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
  • Iowa Party Tickets
  • National Commander’s Banquet Tickets
• Form 2 ALA (PDF)
  • Auxiliary Delegate/Alternate/Guest Registration
  • Auxiliary Luncheon Tickets
  • States Dinner Tickets
• National Convention Shirt Orders (PDF)

National Convention Schedules 2025 schedules not yet available!

• The American Legion
• American Legion Auxiliary
• Sons of The American Legion

Additional resources

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