PREAMBLE

TO

THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION

Proud possessors of a priceless heritage, we male descendants of veterans of the Great Wars, associate ourselves together as “Sons of The American Legion” 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 true spirit of Americanism;
to preserve the memories of our former members and the associations of our members and our forefathers 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 friendship, by our devotion to mutual helpfulness;
to adopt in letter and spirit, all of the great principles for which The American Legion stands; and to assist in carrying on for God and Country.