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 honoring all those who have served our country patriotically in any war;
(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.
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| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 200302 | 36:533. | Aug. 20, 1954, ch. 774, §3, |
In clause (5), the words "destroy, or impair" are substituted for "or make for the destruction or impairment of" to eliminate unnecessary words.