We are a veterans SERVICE organization, a non-profit entity devoted to supporting veterans. Our intent is best summed
up in The American Legion Preamble to Our Constitution.
Preamble to the Constitution
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 100% Americanism;
To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations during the Great Wars;
To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation;
To combat the autocracy of both 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.
