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[CITE: 36USC153102]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
  CHAPTER 1531--THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN 
                               REVOLUTION
 
Sec. 153102. Purposes

    The purposes of the corporation are patriotic, historical, and 
educational, and include--
        (1) perpetuating the memory and spirit of the men and women who 
    achieved American independence by--
            (A) acquiring and protecting historical spots and erecting 
        monuments;
            (B) encouraging historical research in relation to the 
        Revolution and publishing its results;
            (C) preserving documents and relics and the records of the 
        individual services of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots; and
            (D) promoting celebrations of all patriotic anniversaries;

        (2) carrying out the injunction of Washington, in his farewell 
    address to the American people, ``to promote, as an object of 
    primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of 
    knowledge,'' thus developing an enlightened public opinion and 
    affording to young and old such advantages as shall develop in them 
    the largest capacity for performing the duties of American citizens;
        (3) cherishing, maintaining, and extending the institutions of 
    American freedom;
        (4) fostering true patriotism and love of country; and
        (5) aiding in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1422.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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153102................................  36:18 (words beginning with      Feb. 2
0, 1896, ch. 23, Sec.  1 (words
                                         ``for patriotic'').              begin
ning with ``for patriotic''), 29
                                                                          Stat.
 8.
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