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Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-102

§140102 Purposes

Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 1401 — MARINE CORPS LEAGUE › § 140102

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a corporation to protect Marine Corps traditions and promote its interests. It brings together those who were serving on August 4, 1937, and Marines who were honorably discharged so they can support American freedom and democracy. It trains members to be responsible citizens, honors Marines who died, keeps Marine Corps history alive, supports loyalty to U.S. institutions, builds ties between active and former Marines, gives voluntary help to Marines and their widows and orphans, and marks important Marine Corps anniversaries.

Full Legal Text

Title 36, §140102

Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The purposes of the corporation are—
(1)to preserve the traditions and to promote the interests of the United States Marine Corps;
(2)to band those who, on August 4, 1937, were serving in the United States Marine Corps and those who have been honorably discharged from that service together in fellowship that they may effectively promote the ideals of American freedom and democracy;
(3)to fit its members for the duties of citizenship and to encourage them to serve as ably as citizens as they have served the Nation under arms;
(4)to hold sacred the history and memory of the men who have given their lives to the Nation;
(5)to foster love for the principles which they have supported by blood and valor since the founding of the Republic;
(6)to maintain true allegiance to American institutions;
(7)to create a bond of comradeship between those in service and those who have returned to civil life;
(8)to aid voluntarily and to render assistance to all marines and former marines as well as to their widows and orphans; and
(9)to perpetuate the history of the United States Marine Corps and by fitting acts to observe the anniversaries of historical occasions of peculiar interest to marines.

Legislative History

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 14010236:57a.Aug. 4, 1937, ch. 564, § 2, 50 Stat. 558.

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Citation

36 U.S.C. § 140102

Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102