Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-102
§130102 Purposes
Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 1301 — LADIES OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC › § 130102
Summary
It requires the corporation to keep alive the Grand Army of the Republic and those who saved the Union in 1861 to 1865; preserve and share records for research; honor veterans; teach patriotism, citizenship, history, and respect for the flag; oppose threats to the Union; and support representative government, equal rights, and impartial 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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102