...later, meeting in St. Louis, The American Legion finalized its preamble which concluded with the mission "to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness." emphasis added. Since those early days, The American Legion has expanded its volunteer activities to...

...disabled veteran. The extent of the concern for these men is evident in the final phrase of the Preamble, "to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness." The D'Olier administration completed organization of the National Service Bureau, which worked with...

...disabled veteran. The extent of the concern for these men is evident in the final phrnse of the Preamble, "to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness." Hie D'Olier administration completed organization of the National Service Bureau, which worked with...

...Nation. 2. To honor the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in the service. of our country. 3. To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom, and democracy for which members of our armed services fought and died. 4. To provide the benefits of a happy, healthful,...

...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 master of might; to promote peace and goodwill on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the...

..."We associate ourselves together ... 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..."; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, By The American Legion in National Convention assembled in Minneapolis,...

...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...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;...

...Wars; To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, State, and Nation; To combat autocracy of both the classes and the masses; To make...comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness. The only common bond of all Legionnaires is honorable military service during a period of armed conflict....

...obligation to the community, state and nation; • To combat the autocracy of both the classes and masses; • To make right the master of might; •...comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness. Later on, there would be some disagreement about just what some of those terms meant, like "one hundred...

...When the veterans' organization the American Legion was formed after World War I, it committed itself "to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness," making no distinctions of rank. ' ' After the American Revolution, officers immediately acknowledged...