PREAMBLE
TO
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN LEGION
For God
and Country we associate ourselves together for the following purposes:
To uphold 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 war;
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 to the master of might;
To promote peace and good-will on earth;
To
safeguard and transmit to posterity the principals of justice, freedom and democracy;
To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion and mutual helpfulness.