Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73not60

§230102 Purposes

Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B— Organizations › Chapter 2301— VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES › § 230102

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a corporation to unite members: strengthen fellowship; help deserving members and widows and orphans; preserve memory and history; uphold loyalty to U.S. government, Constitution and laws; promote patriotism; protect American institutions and freedom; defend U.S.

Full Legal Text

Title 36, §230102

Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The purposes of the corporation are fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational, and are—

(1)to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members;

(2)to assist worthy comrades;

(3)to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their surviving spouses and orphans;

(4)to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States, and fidelity to its Constitution and laws;

(5)to foster true patriotism;

(6)to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; and

(7)to preserve and defend the United States from all enemies.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 23010236:113.May 28, 1936, ch. 471, § 3, 49 Stat. 1391.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2014—Par. (3). Pub. L. 113–199 substituted “surviving spouses” for “widows”. 2002—Pub. L. 107–242 inserted “charitable,” before “and educational,” in introductory provisions.

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Citation

36 U.S.C. § 230102

Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60