ALA preamble

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#666699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="1e500840erlcjm.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Oconto Falls American Legion Family</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oconto Falls American Legion Family"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership requirements"><U>Membership requirements</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Adopt a Vet program"><U>Our Adopt a Vet program</U></A>   |   <B>ALA preamble</B>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Juniors"><U>Juniors</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Badger Girl State pictures"><U>Badger Girl State pictures</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Poppy"><U>The Poppy</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="poppy poster contest"><U>poppy poster contest</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" background="1df11c00egdysm.gif"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> ALA preamble</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion Auxiliary</B></div> <div> For God and Country, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To maintain law and order; </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism; </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations during the Great Wars; </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state, and nation; </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To make right the master of might; </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To promote peace and goodwill on earth; </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom, and democracy; </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To participate in and contribute to the accomplishment of the aims and purposes of The American Legion; </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To consecrate and sanctify our association by our devotion to mutual helpfulness. </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>