| Preamble To The
American Legion Constitution
For God
and County, 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 good will 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." |
