Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-102
§200302 Purposes
Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 2003 — SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR › § 200302
Summary
The corporation must keep alive the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic and those who saved the Union in 1861 to 1865. It must preserve records, honor all who served, teach patriotism and citizenship, oppose things that weaken the Union, and support representative government, equal rights, and justice.
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Title 36, §200302
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 honoring 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) 20030236:533.Aug. 20, 1954, ch. 774, § 3, 68 Stat. 749. In clause (5), the words “destroy, or impair” are substituted for “or make for the destruction or impairment of” to eliminate unnecessary words.
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36 U.S.C. § 200302
Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102