Photos: Visiting Veterans Flock to Apple Valley Legion During Convention

The camaraderie was abundant Monday at , the location of the annual 4 Corners reception that's part of the American Legion National Convention each year. 

Most of the events of this year's 93rd annual convention are at the Minneapolis Convention Center, including a Tuesday appearance by President Obama.

But for the 4 Corners event, buses travel between Apple Valley and eight Minneapolis hotels to bring attendees—mostly upper echelon Legion members and delegates from different states and countries—together for a social day of music, food and remembrance.

Apple Valley Post Commander Lowell Huber said he expected between 2,000 and 4,000 veterans throughout the day. One prominent attendee was Fang A. Wong, the man who should be voted the American Legion's next national commander on Thursday.

Huber said Apple Valley hosted the event in 1994 when the convention was last in Minneapolis, and when it comes back for the 100th event in seven years, he hopes Apple Valley will be chosen as the four-corners site again.

Minneapolis also was the site of the very first national convention, he said.

The name for the 4 Corners event comes from the reference to the region of the U.S. where the corners of four states—Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah—meet.

Legion delegates from each of those states set up tables at the party on Monday and provided drinks and snacks to the attendees.