American Legion, Eighth District of Tennessee

American Legion, Eighth District of Tennessee The American Legion with other Veterans Groups strives to improve service to qualified Veterans and their families. the key is in the outreach effort.

03/22/2024

George Foreman 🗣️

When I got in the ring with Muhammad Ali, and I really thought I was going to get in the ring with a boxer, a fighter, some tough guy, but once the bell rang, we faced each other his presence was greater than anything I’d ever faced in the ring. Never before nor since have I have ever seen anything like that. To call him a great boxer is an injustice. He was bigger than boxing, bigger than a movie star. He was something special. He beat me up and took my title in Africa. I didn’t like him anymore. I didn’t speak to him. I didn’t have anything to do with him. All I wanted was revenge and get my title back. But we never fought again, which was good for me. Once was enough. I didn’t want to get in the ring again with him. I was beating him up pretty good, I thought, but in about the sixth round, he started screaming, “Is that all you got, George? Show me something!” That was all I had with him forever. I didn’t want anything to do with him. I didn’t want to fight him anymore. He called me the Frankenstein monster. He was only calling me that because I was the monster. (Asked about the rope-a-dope) He laid on the rope, and I, like the dope, kept punching him until I got tired. I kept punching him until I was tired. He was smarter than me. If I fought him again, he would come up be able to pull a rope-a-dope again but would come up with something else. That is the way Muhammad Ali was. So smart, so intelligent. It wasn’t about his physical strength. He had the ability to do things in the ring like no other.

02/08/2024

This is a classic short story by the Russian master, Leo Tolstoy.

06/22/2023

How do you like your banana 🍌

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05/22/2017

Memorial Day is a time for reflection.

10/10/2016

Rumor mills are permanent fixtures in schools, offices and wherever people congregate, and most of the time they’re pretty innocuous. But myths and rumors that deal with health–in this case Veterans health–are a serious matter that can prevent qualified Vets from seeking the care they both need and…

02/27/2016

The Marine on the left in this picture, Art Jackson, received the Medal of Honor for singlehandedly taking out 12 enemy pillboxes on the island of Peleliu in World War II. Here Art is seated with his wife, Sally, at the Art Jackson Day celebration on February 24, 2016 at the Idaho State Capitol building in Boise, Idaho. The celebration was arranged by Rocci Johnson with a lot of help from the Boise Police Department, the Marines of Company C--4th Tanks, and Governor C L "Butch" Otter. Semper Fi, Art and Sally. BRAVO! COMMON MEN, UNCOMMON VALOR @ https://bravotheproject.com/. ! Photo courtesty of Betty Rodgers

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