The American Legion Magazine [Volume 91, No. 1 (July 1971)]

Cover by Weco Studio/Tom Mckeown -- How the Monday Holidays Came to Be: The Sad-Funny Story of the 34-Year Drive of the Travel Industry That Pried George Washington's Birthday Off Feb. 22 and Cast Three Other Federal Holidays Adrift Also by Leavitt A. Knight. Jr -- A Survey of Careers That Need Filling in American Medicine: A Look at Some of the Many Non-MD Professional Openings That Are Begging to be Filled in the Medical Field by Arthur S. Freese -- Our Fantastic Shipbuilder in the War of 1812: The Story of Henry Eckford, Whose Success in Keeping Our Navy Supplied With Vessels in the War of 1812 Was Unrivalled Until Henry Kaiser Came Along in WW2 by Harvey Ardman -- How We're Hurting Our Future with False Ideas: Five Basic Misunderstandings of the Nature of American Society Seriously Threaten Our Chances of Moving from Where We Are to Something Better by Haig Babian and Peter D. Bolter -- Should We Federalize the Nation's Health Insurance?: Two Sides of a National Question Pro: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) Con: Sen. Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) -- Letters to the Editor -- Dateline Washington -- Life in the Outdoors -- Veterans Newsletter -- News of the American Legion -- Personal -- Legion Shopper -- Parting Shots