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.