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Preamble to the Constitution of
The American Legion
For God and Country
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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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Who Are We?
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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 3 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.
The American Legion's
national headquarters is in
Indianapolis, Indiana, with
additional offices in
Washington, DC. In addition
to thousands of volunteers
serving in leadership and
program implementation
capacities in local
communities to the Legion's
standing national
commissions and committees,
the national organization
has a regular full-time
staff of about 300
employees. Click
here
www.legion.org to visit
The American Legion
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