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Code · U.S. Code · Title 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS · CHAPTER 2301— VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES · § 230102

§ 230102. Purposes

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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.
(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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§ 230102
Purposes
Pub. L.Pub. L. 105–225
Stat.112 Stat. 1481
Pub. L.Pub. L. 107–242, § 2
Stat.116 Stat. 1497
Stat.128 Stat. 2058
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