§140502 — Title 36 Patriotic and National Observances | U.S. Code

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Requires the organization to be guided by loyalty to the United States, being true to the Constitution and federal laws, protecting civil liberty, and preserving free institutions. Its goals are educational, fraternal, historical, and patriotic to keep alive liberty and justice. It lists 10 purposes, including honoring national patriotic holidays; supporting loyalty to the Government and the Constitution; building comradeship; helping needy members and their families; providing hospital and service work through Department of Veterans Affairs–certified service officers; working with other civic groups; remembering the founders and General George Washington and the Purple Heart (origin August 7, 1782); teaching about American citizenship and heritage; and defending the United States.

Title 36, §140502

Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The principles underlying the corporation are patriotic allegiance to the United States, fidelity to the Constitution and laws of the United States, the security of civil liberty, and the permanence of free institutions.

(b)The purposes of the corporation are educational, fraternal, historical, and patriotic, perpetuating the principles of liberty and justice which have created the United States, by—

(1)commemorating all national patriotic holidays;

(2)maintaining true allegiance to the Government of the United States and fidelity to its Constitution and laws;

(3)preserving and strengthening comradeship and patriotism among its members;

(4)assisting, comforting, and aiding all needy and distressed members and their dependents;

(5)giving needed hospital and service work through its Department of Veterans Affairs certified service officers;

(6)cooperating with other civic and patriotic organizations having worthy objectives;

(7)keeping alive the achievements and memory of our country’s founders;

(8)ever cherishing the memory of General George Washington, who founded the Purple Heart at his headquarters at Newburgh-on-the-Hudson on August 7, 1782;

(9)influencing and teaching our citizenry, in a loyal appreciation of the heritages of American citizenship, with its responsibilities and privileges; and

(10)preserving and defending the United States from all enemies.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 14050236:823.Aug. 26, 1958, Pub. L. 85–761, § 3, 72 Stat. 856; June 13, 1991, Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(n)(3), 105 Stat. 278. In this section, the words “of America” are omitted for consistency in the revised title. In subsection (b)(3), the word “among” is substituted for “amongst” to use more common terminology. In subsection (b)(10), the word “whomsoever” is omitted as unnecessary.

§140502 Principles and purposes

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Title 36, §140502

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