{"id":69931,"date":"2025-12-04T15:03:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T20:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/scholarships\/american-legion-legacy-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T11:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:33:12","slug":"american-legion-legacy-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/scholarships\/american-legion-legacy-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"American Legion Legacy Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Amount: <\/strong> Up to $20,000.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>About: <\/strong><br \/><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">The American Legion, a U.S. veterans association, offers the Legacy Scholarship. This is a needs-based scholarship awarded to the children, adopted child or stepchild of U.S. military members who died while on active duty after September 11, 2001. Children, adopted child or stepchild of post-9\/11 veterans who receive a combined disability rating of 50% or greater by the Department of Veteran Affairs also qualify. Each scholarship provides up to $20,000 for children of the fallen, and up to $5,000 for children of the disabled for undergraduate or post-graduate college. Applications open on January 1, annually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligible Grade Levels:<\/strong> High School Senior, High School Graduate<br \/>\n<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligible Majors:<\/strong> All majors<br \/>\n<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Residency Requirement:<\/strong> No residency requirement<br \/>\n<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Minimum GPA:<\/strong> No GPA requirement<br \/>\n<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Deadline:<\/strong> <span data-sheets-root=\"1\">March 25, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Please note that scholarship deadlines often change, so make sure to check the scholarship sponsor&#8217;s website for up-to-date deadlines.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legion.org\/scholarships\/legacy\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View Scholarship<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amount: Up to $20,000. About: The American Legion, a U.S. veterans association, offers the Legacy Scholarship. This is a needs-based scholarship awarded to the children, adopted child or stepchild of U.S. military members who died while on active duty after September 11, 2001. 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