American Legion Preamble

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 devotion to mutual helpfulness.