United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 36. PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS |
SubTitle II. Patriotic and National Organizations |
Part B. Organizations |
Chapter 1301. LADIES OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC |
§ 130102. Purposes
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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 doing honor to all those who have served our country patriotically in any way; (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.
Historical And Revision
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Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
130102 | 36:78b. | June 17, 1959, Pub. L. 86–47, § 3, 73 Stat. 77. |
In clause (5), the words “destroy, or impair” are substituted for “make for the destruction or impairment of” to eliminate unnecessary words.