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 principles of Justice, Freedom and Democracy; To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
