The American Legion
Preamble to the 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 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.
