The American Legion Magazine [Volume 98, No. 4 (April 1975)]

The Bicentennial Begins, Lexington, Concord, Boston, April 1775-April 1975: A look at how some Massachusetts communities, the Legion and the Freedom Train Foundation, among others, will kick off the Bicentennial, starting April 19 with the anniversary of the shot heard round the world by Leavitt A. Knight, Jr. -- New Oil From the Amazon Ooze: A report on the multi-nation efforts to tap one of the world's largest and most recently discovered pools of petroleum in the equatorial wilderness of the Amazon basin by James H. Winchester -- A Progress Report on Auto Repair Problems: New laws in some states control shady auto-repair practices, while The industry tries to upgrade its mechanics by Harvey Ardman -- Should Abortion Laws be Nullified? Two Sides of a National Question: Pro: Rep. Robert E. Bauman (R-MD), Con: Rep. Ronald V. Dellums (D-CA) -- Cover: Painting by Archibald M. Willard for the Centennial Celebration in 1876. Courtesy Abbot Hall, Marblehead, Mass., where the original hangs. Reproduced from a photo by Arthur V. Rice in the American Heritage Collection -- A Look at Our Mail -- Personal -- Dateline Washington -- Life in the Outdoors -- Veterans Newsletter -- News of The American Legion -- Legion Shopper -- Parting Shots