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[CITE: 36USC140502]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
CHAPTER 1405--MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
                          AMERICA, INCORPORATED
 
Sec. 140502. Principles and purposes

    (a) Principles.--The principles underlying the corporation are 
patriotic allegiance to the United States, fidelity to the Constitution 
and laws of the United States, the security of civil liberty, and the 
permanence of free institutions.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of the corporation are educational, 
fraternal, historical, and patriotic, perpetuating the principles of 
liberty and justice which have created the United States, by--
        (1) commemorating all national patriotic holidays;
        (2) maintaining true allegiance to the Government of the United 
    States and fidelity to its Constitution and laws;
        (3) preserving and strengthening comradeship and patriotism 
    among its members;
        (4) assisting, comforting, and aiding all needy and distressed 
    members and their dependents;
        (5) giving needed hospital and service work through its 
    Department of Veterans Affairs certified service officers;
        (6) cooperating with other civic and patriotic organizations 
    having worthy objectives;
        (7) keeping alive the achievements and memory of our country's 
    founders;
        (8) ever cherishing the memory of General George Washington, who 
    founded the Purple Heart at his headquarters at Newburgh-on-the-
    Hudson on August 7, 1782;
        (9) influencing and teaching our citizenry, in a loyal 
    appreciation of the heritages of American citizenship, with its 
    responsibilities and privileges; and
        (10) preserving and defending the United States from all 
    enemies.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1381.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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140502................................  36:823.                          Aug. 2
6, 1958, Pub. L. 85-761, Sec.  3,
                                                                          72 St
at. 856; June 13, 1991, Pub. L.
                                                                          102-5
4, Sec.  13(n)(3), 105 Stat. 278.
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    In this section, the words ``of America'' are omitted for 
consistency in the revised title.
    In subsection (b)(3), the word ``among'' is substituted for 
``amongst'' to use more common terminology.
    In subsection (b)(10), the word ``whomsoever'' is omitted as 
unnecessary.
