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Press Conference for Veterans, Lawyers to Defend Memorials Against ACLU, et al

    WASHINGTON, May 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being
issued by The American Legion:
    Who:       American Legion Past National Commander Tom Bock; Alliance
               Defense Fund Senior Vice-President Joe Infranco; Liberty Legal
               Institute Director of Litigation Hiram Sasser.

    What:      Press conference to announce an historic alliance in a national
               effort to halt legal attacks against veterans memorials.

    When:      Thursday, May 24 at 10 a.m.

    Where:     First Amendment Lounge at the National Press Club,
               Washington, D.C.

    Contacts:  Ramona Joyce, The American Legion (202) 263-2982; Cell,
               (202) 445-1161 or Greg Scott, The Alliance Defense Fund
               (480) 444-0020.
    The 2.7 million-member American Legion is the nation's largest military
veterans organization with more than 14,000 posts located across America
and is teaming with a thousand Alliance Defense Fund and Liberty Legal
Institute Attorneys to battle self-enriching lawsuits filed against
veterans' memorials by the ACLU and like-minded organizations. They will
unveil a national strategy to halt these legal attacks as America prepares
to honor our fallen veterans at memorials across the nation this Memorial
Day. They will discuss pending legislation and a national movement to
"educate and activate" Americans to fix a legal loophole that would remove
the incentive for these attacks.

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