Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73

§130102 Purposes

Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Patriotic and National Organizations › Part Part B— - Organizations › Chapter CHAPTER 1301— - LADIES OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC › § 130102

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The corporation must keep alive the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic and those who saved the Union in 1861–1865. It must preserve relevant records, honor all who served the country, teach patriotism, citizenship, true national history, and respect for the flag, oppose efforts that weaken the Union, and support representative government, equal rights, and fair justice.

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Title 36, §130102

Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The purposes of the corporation are—

(1)to perpetuate the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the men who saved the Union in 1861 to 1865;

(2)to assist in every practicable way in preserving, and making available for research, documents and records pertaining to the Grand Army of the Republic and its members;

(3)to cooperate in doing honor to all those who have served our country patriotically in any way;

(4)to teach patriotism, the duties of citizenship, the true history of our country, and the love and honor of our flag;

(5)to oppose every tendency or movement that would weaken loyalty to, destroy, or impair our constitutional Union; and

(6)to inculcate and broadly sustain the American principles of representative government, equal rights, and impartial justice for all.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 13010236:78b.June 17, 1959, Pub. L. 86–47, § 3, 73 Stat. 77. In clause (5), the words “destroy, or impair” are substituted for “make for the destruction or impairment of” to eliminate unnecessary words.

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36 U.S.C. § 130102

Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73