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 2301 - VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES Sec. 230102 - Purposes From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov
§230102. Purposes
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.
(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.)
Historical and Revision Notes Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
230102 36:113. 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.
