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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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