Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73

§153702 Purposes

Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Patriotic and National Organizations › Part Part B— - Organizations › Chapter CHAPTER 1537— - NATIONAL WOMAN’S RELIEF CORPS, AUXILIARY TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC › § 153702

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Remembers and honors the Grand Army of the Republic and the men who saved the Union from 1861 to 1865; the National Woman’s Relief Corps was formed at its request in 1883. Keeps and shares its records for research, honors all who served, teaches patriotism, citizenship, true national history, and respect for the flag, opposes moves that would weaken the Union, and supports representative government, equal rights, and fair justice for all.

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Title 36, §153702

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, as the National Woman’s Relief Corps is its auxiliary and was organized at its request in 1883, 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 war;

(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) 15370236:1003.Sept. 7, 1962, Pub. L. 87–650, § 3, 76 Stat. 503. 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. § 153702

Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73