Maine’s Legion commander is the 1st from Fort Kent

Maine’s Legion commander is the 1st from Fort Kent

FORT KENT, Maine — For the first time in the Maine American Legion’s history, its commander hails from the northern Aroostook town of Fort Kent. Leroy McKenzie was appointed as the 2025-26 state commander during the annual state convention in Brewer on June 7. He is one of only a handful of northern Maine people to hold the office since the Legion’s founding in 1919, according to state records. He first joined the American Legion’s Thomas O. Cyr…