U.S.C. Title 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, ANDÂ ORGANIZATIONS 36 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, ANDÂ ORGANIZATIONS Subtitle II - Patriotic and National Organizations Part B - Organizations CHAPTER 225 - AMERICAN WAR MOTHERS Sec. 22502 - Purposes From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov
§22502. Purposes
The purposes of the corporation are— (1) to keep alive and develop the spirit that promoted world service; (2) to maintain the ties of fellowship born of that service and to assist and further any patriotic work; (3) to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, State, and Nation; (4) to work for the welfare of the Army and Navy; (5) to assist, in any way in their power, men and women who served and were wounded or incapacitated in World War I; and (6) to foster and promote friendship and understanding between America and the Allies in World War I.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1304.)
Historical and Revision Notes Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
22502 36:93. Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 303, §3, 43 Stat. 967.
In clauses (5) and (6), the words "World War I" are substituted for "the World War" for clarity.
