36 U.S.C. § 230102 — Purposes

FEDERAL · 36 U.S.C. · Chapter 2301

Purposes

Current through Pub. L. 119-102

Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances·Ch. 2301 — VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES

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.

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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.

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History

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1481; Pub. L. 107–242, §2, Oct. 16, 2002, 116 Stat. 1497; Pub. L. 113–199, §1(b), Dec. 4, 2014, 128 Stat. 2058.)

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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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