Harry White Wilmer Post 82

Eligible veterans applying for first time membership must submit the following information to Post Membership Committee. If the information is correct, membership will be approved and then a membership card will be mailed to you.

American Legion Membership Application

(Applications are also available at the Post.)

Print two (2) completed copies and keep one copy for your records.

Mail the other copy to address below, together with your Copy of DD214 Discharge document and Membership Dues Payment.

Complete Copy of DD214 Discharge

You MUST submit a copy of your DD214 Discharge or you will NOT be eligible for membership. For active duty members, presenting your ID card or active dury orders is sufficient.

Membership Dues Payment

DO NOT SEND CASH. Send check or money order of $45.00 made payable to:

Harry White Wilmer, Post 82
P.O. Box 441, 6330 N. Crain Hwy
La Plata, MD 20646

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

Completed Member Data Form

Copy of DD214 DISCHARGE

Copy of Membership Card

Member Dues Payment

(If current dues are paid, please pay dues for next year's membership.)

In order to be eligible for membership, one must have served at least one day of active military duty during one of the dates below and honorably discharged or still serving honorably.

Thanks to the LEGION Act (Let Everyone Get Involved in Opportunities for National Service Act) signed into law on July 30, 2019, the current eligibility period is Dec. 7, 1941, to the present, and includes the current war campaigns. Previously, there were seven declared war periods. Now there are two: the current war period dating back to World War II and another covering World War I.

For any questions please contact our membership chairman, or stop at the Post.