Preamble to the
Constitution of The American Legion
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 goodwill on earth;
To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of
justice, freedom and democracy;
To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our
devotion to mutual helpfulness.
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