united states. so, therefore, they have less and less memberships. and by the time i make my entrance in the american legion, a lot of the posts are not being active. but, when i was getting ready to make my campaign stops throughout the united states, i find out that the chinese veterans actually, they heard about it, they reach out ending come to me and say, hey, i belong to post so-and-so and we would like to have you, follow you. we have someone that could make it to the top and all that. i was walking in phoenix during our national convention and all of a sudden, this group of chinese came out of nowhere and grabbed hold of me and said, i am a legion, too. but they were not active because, for whatever reason, they were not on involved. they were happy to settle within their community and do their things. so, they were happy. the national convention in phoenix. so, therefore they are in phoenix. the year before i got elected, we had a national convention in milwaukee. i was walking around speaking to different state delegates and all that, and all of a sudden somebody from illinois sector, saying, i wa