36 U.S.C. § 230102 — Purposes

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-225 to r/title-36-PATRIOTIC-AND-NATIONAL-OBSERVANCES-CEREMONIES-AND-ORGANIZATIONS · 92 words · no verdicts yet

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The corporation's purposes are fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational: strengthening friendship among members, helping fellow veterans in need, honoring the dead and helping their widows and orphans, staying loyal to the U.S. government and Constitution, fostering patriotism, protecting American freedoms, and defending the United States from its enemies.

This section lists seven purposes, all fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational in nature: (1) preserving and strengthening comradeship among members; (2) helping fellow veterans in need; (3) honoring the memory and history of deceased members, and helping their surviving spouses and orphans; (4) staying loyal to the U.S. government and faithful to its Constitution and laws; (5) fostering true patriotism; (6) maintaining and expanding the institutions of American freedom; and (7) preserving and defending the United States from all enemies.

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The purposes of the corporation are fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational, and are—

(1)

to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members;

(2)

to assist worthy comrades;

(3)

to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their surviving spouses and orphans;

(4)

to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States, and fidelity to its Constitution and laws;

(5)

to foster true patriotism;

(6)

to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; and

(7)

to preserve and defend the United States from all enemies.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1481; Pub. L. 107–242, § 2, Oct. 16, 2002, 116 Stat. 1497; Pub. L. 113–199, § 1(b), Dec. 4, 2014, 128 Stat. 2058.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-225 · 112 Stat. 1481
2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-242 · 116 Stat. 1497
2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-199 · 128 Stat. 2058

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-225 on 1998-08-12.

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