FREDERICKSBURG AMERICAN LEGION

THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED ARE TO UPHOLD AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER, TO FOSTER AND PERPETUATE AMERICANS, TO PRESERVE INCIDENTS AND MEMORIES OF OUR ASSOCIATION IN THE GREAT WAR, TO (CONT.) INCULCATE A SENSE OF INDIVIDUAL OBLIGATION TO THE COMMUNITY, STATE AND NATION, TO COMBAT THE AUTOCRACY OF BOTH THE CLASSES AND MASSES, TO MAKE RIGHT THE MASTER OF RIGHT, TO PROMOTE PEACE AND GOODWILL ON EARTH, AND TO SAFEGUARD AND TRANSMIT TO POSTERITY THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION LOOKS TO CONSECRATE AND SANCTIFY OUR COMRADESHIP BY OUR DEVOTION TO MUTUAL HELPFULNESS AND TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INTERCOURSE AND FELLOWSHIP AMONG ITS MEMBERS. TO FACILITATE THIS MISSION, THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A CLUB HOUSE AND CLUB ROOMS FOR COMMUNITY USE AND ENTERTAINMENT.