Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73

§70702 Purposes

Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Patriotic and National Organizations › Part Part B— - Organizations › Chapter CHAPTER 707— - FREDERICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION › § 70702

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a corporation to keep the memory of Frederick Douglass’s life and character alive for future generations. It must collect, organize, and preserve records and exhibits about how the antislavery movement began, grew, and culminated, and keep those donated or acquired items at Cedar Hill, the Frederick Douglass homestead in Anacostia, District of Columbia.

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Title 36, §70702

Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The purposes of the corporation are—

(1)to preserve to posterity the memory of the life and character of the late Frederick Douglass; and

(2)to collect, collate, and preserve a historical record of the inception, progress, and culmination of the antislavery movement in the United States, and to assemble in the homestead of the late Frederick Douglass, commonly called Cedar Hill, in the village of Anacostia, District of Columbia, all suitable exhibits of records or things illustrative or commemorative of the antislavery movement and history that are donated to, or acquired by, the corporation.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 7070236:4401 (words beginning with “for the following objects and purposes”).June 6, 1900, ch. 806, § 1 (words beginning with “for the following objects and purposes”), 31 Stat. 662. In clause (2), the words “that are donated to, or acquired by, the corporation” are substituted for “as may be donated to said association or acquired by purchase[,] bequest, or other lawful means” to eliminate unnecessary words.

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Citation

36 U.S.C. § 70702

Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73