Commander William Speight, Sr and the members of  Post 196  welcomes you to our website!   

The American Legion, Department of Maryland is a community-service organization which now numbers nearly 81,000 members -- men and women -- in 157 American Legion Posts throughout the state of Maryland. These posts range in size from 15 members to over 4,700 members in a given post.



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American Legion Post 196

Post 196 has a membership of about 220 members. We have a full-service kitchen, bar, game room, and banquet hall that seats 175, when we squeeze a little.  We are conveniently located in the metropolitan Washington, DC area, specifically, two blocks west of the Silver Hill Road and Marlboro Pike intersection. Come on out and join us and get to know our members as we enjoy meeting new folks, as well as getting to know our own members better.

The American Legion Post 196  meets regularly on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm.

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ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

We took home two awards from the Department of Maryland Conference in Ocean City, MD. One for membership and the second one was the Arthur L. McGee Memorial Award for excelling in child welfare work in Southern Maryland District!

NEW POST HOURS ARE HERE!!!

The Post is closed on the third Tuesday of the month. 

 Effective Immediately, per the March 2017 General Meeting of the American Legion, the Post hours will be as follows:

Sun: 4pm-9pm or extend hours due to a judgment call by management

Mon: 4pm-9pm or extend hours due to a judgment call by management