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.