- To support and assist all veterans and their families
- To provide child, youth and community programs that instill teamwork, citizenship, and patriotism
- To encourage our elected leaders to support legislation that ensure our service members are properly trained, equipped, and receive the benefits they have earned
- To honor the sacrifices made by our veterans in defense of our nation.
THE 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 100-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 good will 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."
