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If you are currently an active duty military member, or if you served at least one day of active duty military time during any of the periods listed below and were honorably discharged, you are eligible to become a member of The American Legion

*August 2, 1990 to today (Operation Desert Shield/Storm)
December 20, 1989 to January 31, 1990 (Operation Just Cause - Panama)
August 24, 1982 to July 31, 1984 (Lebanon/Grenada)
February 28, 1961 to May 7, 1975 (Vietnam War)
June 25, 1950 to January 31, 1955 (Korean War)
December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946 (World War II)
April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918 (World War I)

*Because eligibility dates remain open, all members of the U.S. Armed Forces are eligible to join The American Legion at this time, until the date of the end of hostilities as determined by the government of the United States.

The Legion is about much more than Poppy Day (as important as that is) and Veterans marching in parades wearing military style caps with a lot of pins.

The Legion is about veterans who continue to serve their country by seeking to serve to fellow veterans, and by seeking to foster and perpetuate the ideals which made this country great. The purposes and ideals of The American Legion can be summed up in the Preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion, which we recite at every meeting, and the four main directions of Legion activity.

Preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion

For God and County, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes:

  To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America;
  To maintain law and order;
  To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism;
  To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the great wars;
  To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation;
  To combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses;
  To make right the master of might;
  To promote peace and good will on earth;
  To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy;
  To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.

Since its chartering by Congress in 1919, The American Legion has been based on four founding principles:

        Service to Veterans
        Care and Education of Children
        Americanism
        Strong National Defense

These four founding principles are being implemented through some 57 Legion programs by Veterans who truly care about the fate of our nation and the kind of world which is left to our posterity. If you are a Veteran, "Get Involved" and continue to serve and preserve the nation you defended.