MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS

New Membership

Eligible veterans applying for first time membership must submit the following information to Post Membership Committee:

  1. Complete American Legion Membership Application

  2. Provide a copy of your DD214 discharge.

  3. Pay the membership dues. 

  4. Please see eligibility dates below.

Transfers

Veterans applying for transfers from you current Post to our Post must be submitting the following:

  1. Complete American Legion Membership Application

  2. Provide a copy of your DD214 discharge.

  3. Provide a copy of your membership card. 

  4. Membership dues payment, if current year dues are not paid.  If current dues are paid, please pay dues for next year’s membership. 

ELIGIBILITY DATES

Membership eligibility

Under the new law, any honorably discharged veteran who has served since Dec. 7, 1941, may join the American Legion, meaning military veterans who have served in what were previously considered periods of peacetime between wars are now eligible for membership.