American Legion Logo on an American Flag field
 adjoining the American Legion Logo with continuing flag field and photo of the American Legion Children's Home front Entry Gate Posts
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American Legion Children's Home

Mission Statement
…to serve children by providing residential care services in times of need, and to perform these services as a sacred obligation to enable their wholesome growth and the development."


American Legion Children's Home Director, Mr. Bill Alexander Dear Visitor,
     My name is Bill Alexander and I am the Executive Director of the American Legion Children's Home. I find it an honor and a privilege to care for the needs of these children. I would like to invite you to visit us this year, our 80th year of service, and see the amazing history this Home has to offer. This year, as we celebrate our 80th Birthday, we are launching our "Roots and Wings Campaign" to raise funds for a new dormitory which will enable us to provide for more Veteran's children.
     We resolve that we will carry on the original mission of this Home to care for the children of those who have made the greatest sacrifices and are more determined than ever to expand our ability to do so. Especially now, as the current wars are growing longer and casualties are increasing this becomes an immediate necessity. We have provided for the most urgent needs of our community over the past 8 decades and will continue to do so with the help of donors and supporters like you. If you have not already, please consider sponsoring a child of the American Legion Children's Home.
Respectfully,                         
A faux signature image, Bill Alexander

Our History...
The American Legion Children's Home was established in 1928 as an orphanage for children of veterans who could not provide care for their young. The land, as well as the funds for the first dormitory, were donated by E.W. Marland, Conoco Oil man and past Governor of Oklahoma. The facility now serves as a Home to 62 children, ages 11 - 18.
Over the past 80 years we have served children from a wide variety of backgrounds with very diverse needs caused by loss of family, depravity, abuse or neglect. Since opening in 1928, the Home has served approximately 8,000 children and still stands as the one and only American Legion Children's Home in our nation.

 E. W. Marland and W. H. McFadden, Founders of the American Legion Children's Home, with some of the first occupants of the Children's Home.


Administration Building and Annex at American Legion Children's Home, 1944A girl from the American Legion Children's Home fishing from a lakeside dockYoung Cowboy waving the American FlagBoy skating at the American Legion Children's HomeCurrent Photo of the Administration Building at the American Legion Children's Home.

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