Membership Requirements

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Renew your current Membership
       The Veterans, their Families and your Community thank you for your continued support of the American Legion!
  Renewing your membership can be by;
     1) Mailing a check for your dues to Post 137 Membership at P.O.Box 98, Carson, WA 98610.
     2) In-person at 841 Wind River Hwy, Carson, WA.
     3) Online, by creating your own secured account MyLegion.org.

New Membership

       Eligible veterans applying for first time membership must submit the following information to Post Membership Committee
      at P.O.Box 98, Carson, WA 98610 or in-person at 841 Wind River Hwy, Carson, WA. Please, do not apply online. If you have applied online,
      your membership will be listed in a "Holding Post' known as a Virtual Post WA110. You will have to contact Post 137 with rrequest to transfer 
      to Post WA137, Carson, WA.

1. Complete American Legion The American Legion Membership Application | Brochures & Publications | The American Legion
   
   Print two (2) completed copies.  Keep one copy for your records. Mail the other copy to above address, together with your dues payment. (Dues amount on application).  Applications are also available at the Post.
2. Provide a copy of your DD214 discharge.
    
3. Pay the membership dues (amount shown on application). Make checks payable to our Post listed above. DO NOT SEND CASH.
    
4. If the information is correct, membership will be approved and then a membership card will be mailed to you.
    
5. Please see eligibility dates below.
    
6. Membership dues payment, if current year dues are not paid. If current dues are paid, please pay dues for next year's membership.

Transfers

Veterans applying for transfers from your current Post to our Post must submit the following:

1. Complete American Legion The American Legion Membership Application | Brochures & Publications | The American Legion
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 Requirements
An individual is eligible for membership in The American Legion if the individual has served in the Armed Forces of the United States at any time during

• the period of April 6, 1917, through November 11, 1918;
• any time after December 7, 1941.

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.

Must have served at least one day of active military duty during one of the dates below and honorably discharged or still serving honorably. :

For any questions please contact our membership chairman, or stop at the Post. Email "Adjutantwa137@americanlegionpostwa137.org"

Please, do not apply on line.