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 participate in and contribute to the accomplishments of the aims and
                  purposes of The American Legion;

           To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion
                 to mutual helpfulness.