36 USC 230102 - Purposes

U.S Code last checked for updates: Jan 30, 2025

§ 230102.

Purposes

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.

(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.)

cite as: 36 USC 230102