The Legion's efforts to promote Americanism during the 1920s included urging its members to report on publication materials perceived to be subversive, left-wing, or reflective of radical foreign political views, and established a National Americanism Commission to oversee its actions related to subversive activities.[71] It commissioned the development of textbooks that promoted American patriotism, worked with members of the National Education Association to promote teaching history from an American perspective, and sought the removal of textbooks it saw as "un-American".[72] In 1940 the Legion joined conservative publicists who were attacking high school American history textbooks by Harold Rugg. They complained the books were politically loaded against business and promoted socialism.[73]
The Legion supported legislation restricting immigration and seditious speech[74] and used its influence in an effort to deny public forums to speakers whose views it opposed.[75]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legion
