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Show JHE LEGION I nm Tho Amorican Legion, llosh anil blood of America's llghtlK ,on, soul or thoso who sleep on Flanders Plold nnd in tho watery depths of ho honvlng ocoan. 1 am Tho Amorican Legion. I am the volco of four million men who rallied to tholr country's Hag when it was monaced. I chorish nnd hold weroil tho momorlos or thoso stirring days, tho valorous Jloods and horoic rlllcos or tho men In Khaki nnH I am Tho Amorican Loglon. With ever watchful oyoa I caro for and "ock after tho .mods and wnnts of the """lined nnd disabled veterans or LIT ,W?r' WUh ten,1s nnd Z,7 l ml,1"tor t0 "" With unro- ntlng strength and power I fight he leglslntlvo hulls of our country ' their woiraro and hap os " turn tho soarchllrht of pltneaK publicity on Inolllclency and un!i ness toward tho former service dw I uni Tho Amorican Legion. IiB' guard thoso rights and principles laV which our wnrrlors endured a creia lng, shrJoklug Hell In far-off UK for which thoy gave unstinting!? tholr- warm life blood The cwB stltutlon ot our country I uphold uS will always defend. B I nm Tho American Legion. 1 ' strong.wlth tho strcni'ih of youth iill wIbq with -tho wisdom of cxperienctB" In my ranks nro ear free boji ' gtay-halrod men, m lllonalres uW paupurs, atatosmen a d humble foltH all bnnded togctlur for a cominoiB Causo. B I nm Tho Atnoric in Legion, T1B gront sturdy organlzar en of veteran upon, whoBO fur-llung nt MnboMhlp tl sun novor seta. Mi outposts w ostnhllshed In every hnd, In erj ollmo; my bannor Id infnrled besW' 'ho gtara nnd Str j. s whereter Amorlcnns nro gnthcrt 1. I AM TUB AMEItU'W LE0I0S.' |