Preamble To The American Legion Constitution

For God and Country, 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 priniciples of Justice, Freedom and Democracy;

To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship By our devotion to mutual helpfulness."

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