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§153102 Purposes

Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B— Organizations › Chapter 1531— THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION › § 153102

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Carry out patriotic, historical, and educational work to honor and remember the people who won American independence. This includes protecting important Revolutionary sites and monuments, supporting research and sharing the results, saving documents and relics (including soldiers’ service records), and promoting patriotic celebrations. Promote broad education as Washington urged so citizens of all ages grow in knowledge. Also protect and strengthen American freedom, encourage true patriotism and love of country, and help secure liberty for all people.

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Title 36, §153102

Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The purposes of the corporation are patriotic, historical, and educational, and include—
(1)perpetuating the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American independence by—
(A)acquiring and protecting historical spots and erecting monuments;
(B)encouraging historical research in relation to the Revolution and publishing its results;
(C)preserving documents and relics and the records of the individual services of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots; and
(D)promoting celebrations of all patriotic anniversaries;
(2)carrying out the injunction of Washington, in his farewell address to the American people, “to promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge,” thus developing an enlightened public opinion and affording to young and old such advantages as shall develop in them the largest capacity for performing the duties of American citizens;
(3)cherishing, maintaining, and extending the institutions of American freedom;
(4)fostering true patriotism and love of country; and
(5)aiding in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15310236:18 (words beginning with “for patriotic”).Feb. 20, 1896, ch. 23, § 1 (words beginning with “for patriotic”), 29 Stat. 8.

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36 U.S.C. § 153102

Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60