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 one hundred percent Americanism

To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the All 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 our devotion to mutual helpfulness.