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Preamble to the Constitution of the |
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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 association during 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 participate in and contribute to the accomplishment of the aims and purposed of The American Legion; to consecrate and sanctify our association by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
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