Get Connected:
- Attend Sons of Legion monthly meetings on the 1st Tuesday of the month.
- Dinners served by Sons of Legion are held on the 3rd Saturday of each month from September through April.
Who is eligible to join? American Legion Sons are the male descendants (sons, adopted sons, and stepsons) whose parents or grandparents served in the U.S. military and are either members of The American Legion, or who served and died after honorable discharge.
Ready to join?
Step 1: Dowload and complete the membership application.
Step 2: Obtain proof of your eligibility - see the membership application for details. If needed, military records may be requested from the National Archives, or by calling NPRC Customer Serivice at 314-801-0800 between 8 am - 4 pm Central Time.
Step 3: Either bring these documents and your dues payment ($35 as of 4/2006) to Post 208, or mail the documents and a check payable to Post 208 , to D.W. Cassard Post 208, Attn: Sons of Legion Membership, 133 - 44th Street SW, Kentwood, MI 49548.
Note: Members applying for transfer from another post to our post must complete and submit a Member Data Form (available at the post), a copy of their current Membership Card, and must be in good standing (current years dues paid).
Who We Are: The Sons of The American Legion was created in 1932 as an organization within The American Legion. The Sons of The American Legion is divided into detachments at the state level and squadrons at the local level. A squadron pairs with a local American Legion post; a squadron’s charter is contingent upon its parent post’s charter. However, squadrons can determine the extent of their services to the community, state and nation. They are permitted flexibility in planning programs and activities to meet their needs, but must remember SAL’s mission: to strengthen the four pillars of The American Legion. Therefore, squadrons’ campaigns place an emphasis on preserving American traditions and values, improving the quality of life for our nation’s children, caring for veterans and their families, and teaching the fundamentals of good citizenship.
Preamble to the SAL National Constitution
Proud possessors of a priceless heritage, we male descendants of veterans of all Wars, associate ourselves together as "Sons of The American Legion" 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 true spirit of Americanism; to preserve the memories of our former members and the association of our members and our forefathers in all 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 friendship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness; to adopt in letter and spirit all of the great principles for which The American Legion stands; and to assist in carrying on for God and Country.