AMERICAN LEGION PREAMBLE
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 all 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.
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY PREAMBLE
American Legion Auxiliary Preamble Preamble to the American Legion Auxiliary’s Constitution and By-laws: 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 per cent Americanism; To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations during all 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 participate in and contribute to the accomplishment of the aims and purposes of The American Legion; To consecrate and sanctify our association by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION PREAMBLE
The Sons of the American Legion 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 association 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.
JOINT PREAMBLE
(SAL) 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: (American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary) For God and Country we associate ourselves together for the following purposes: (All) 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: (SAL) To preserve the memories of our former members and the associations of our members and our forefathers in the Great Wars; (American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary) To preserve the memories and incidents of our association in the Great Wars: (All) To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation: To combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses: (All) To make right the master of might: To promote peace and goodwill on earth: (All) To safeguard and transmit the posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy: (American Legion Auxiliary) To participate in the contribute to the accomplishment of the aims and purposes of The American Legion; (All) To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness (SAL) 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.