District 4 Meeting

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 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 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.

Sons of The American Legion Preamble