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 sanctify our comradeship by our devotion
to mutual helpfulness.
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What is The American Legion?
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a
patriotic,
mutual-help, war-time veterans organization. A
community-service
organization which now numbers nearly three
million members, men and
women, in nearly 15,000 American Legion
Posts worldwide. These Posts are
organized into 55 Departments - -
one each for the 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico,
France, Mexico, and the Philippines.
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