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MANUAL OF CEREMONIES OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY Revised 2018 Foreword This MANUAL provides examples of suggested CEREMONIES for Unit meetings and special occasions. The use of CEREMONIES in the form presented here is not required by any official action of the American Legion Auxiliary National Organization. CEREMONIES may be altered in accordance with the occasion; however, great care should be taken to insure that no ceremony is objectionable to persons of any religious denomination. Unit Meeting Opening Ceremony Auxiliary meetings shall be opened in the following manner: The Unit President shall seat the members with one rap of the gavel, officers shall take their stations and the doors of the meeting hall shall be closed by the Sergeant at Arms. Unit President: The meeting will now come to order. The Unit President shall give three raps of the gavel and the members shall rise. Unit President: The color bearers will advance the colors.

“We shall sing one stanza of our National Anthem, `The Star-Spangled Banner.” “You will join me in repeating the Preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion Auxiliary.” “For God and Country We associate ourselves together For the following purposes: To uphold and defend The Constitution of the United States of America;

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