For God and Country
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 comradship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
Who We Are
The American legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, wartime 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.
Our Programs
National Convention; National Leadership and Information Conferences; Legion Baseball (www.baseball.legion.org);Boys State; Boys Nation; National Oratorical Contest; Scouting; Junior Shooting Sports; Fourth Estate Award and Team America Legion (www.teamamericanlegion.us)
You can find out more about these programs by visiting:
www.legion.org
