Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-102
§70702 Purposes
Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 707 — FREDERICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION › § 70702
Summary
Keep alive the memory of Frederick Douglass for future generations. Collect, organize, and keep records about how the antislavery movement began, grew, and ended, and gather and display donated or acquired items about that history at Douglass’s home, Cedar Hill, in Anacostia, District of Columbia.
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Title 36, §70702
Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The purposes of the corporation are—
(1)to preserve to posterity the memory of the life and character of the late Frederick Douglass; and
(2)to collect, collate, and preserve a historical record of the inception, progress, and culmination of the antislavery movement in the United States, and to assemble in the homestead of the late Frederick Douglass, commonly called Cedar Hill, in the village of Anacostia, District of Columbia, all suitable exhibits of records or things illustrative or commemorative of the antislavery movement and history that are donated to, or acquired by, the corporation.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 7070236:4401 (words beginning with “for the following objects and purposes”).June 6, 1900, ch. 806, § 1 (words beginning with “for the following objects and purposes”), 31 Stat. 662. In clause (2), the words “that are donated to, or acquired by, the corporation” are substituted for “as may be donated to said association or acquired by purchase[,] bequest, or other lawful means” to eliminate unnecessary words.
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36 U.S.C. § 70702
Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102