How do you get into American Legion?
We have not confirmed it. American Legion is in the directory because it calls itself a speakeasy, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
The drinks at American Legion
How the venue describes itself: “Chartered by Congress in 1919, The American Legion is the nation’s largest wartime veterans service organization, advocating for service members, veterans, families, youth, and communities.” (from its own website, retrieved 9 October 2026)
Beyond what the venue publishes we have not verified a list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Corpse Reviver No. 2, White Lady, and Twentieth Century are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where American Legion sits
Our record places American Legion in Sussex County, New Jersey, in the Mid-Atlantic of the United States. The source data carries coordinates and a county or region but no municipality, which usually means an address outside an incorporated city, or a record that was never given one. The map pin is the reliable part.
New Jersey holds 23 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our New Jersey speakeasy guide.
If you know which town American Legion is in, tell us and we will place it properly.
Prohibition in New Jersey
New Jersey came under national prohibition on 17 January 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment took effect and the Volstead Act defined an intoxicating beverage as anything above one half of one per cent alcohol — a threshold strict enough to close breweries that had expected to survive.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in New Jersey.
What the newspapers recorded in New Jersey
Searching the Library of Congress run of New Jersey newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from New Jersey:
- The Lambertville record, April 16, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Perth Amboy evening news, February 28, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Perth Amboy evening news, March 29, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Perth Amboy evening news, November 7, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach American Legion by phone on (973) 383-2386, through its own website, and on Facebook, Instagram, and X.
The address is 20 Yates Ave, NJ 07860. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For American Legion we hold street address, telephone number, official website, and social accounts. We do not yet hold opening hours, a published drinks list, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because the description in the source data describes it as a speakeasy.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.