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.