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 consecrate and sancify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness