AMVET PREAMBLE

We, the American Veterans, who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States during and since World War II, fully realizing our responsibilities to our community, to our state and to our nation, associate ourselves for the following purposes: To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States; to safeguard the principles of freedom, liberty and justice for all; to promote the cause of peace and goodwill among nations; to maintain inviolate the freedom of our country; to preserve the fundamentals of democracy; to perpetuate the friendship and associations of these veterans; to dedicate ourselves to the cause of mutual assistance, this by the Grace of God.