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[CITE: 36USC21103]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
          CHAPTER 211--AMERICAN GOLD STAR MOTHERS, INCORPORATED
 
Sec. 21103. Purposes

    The purposes of the corporation are as provided in the articles of 
incorporation and include a continuing commitment, on a national basis, 
to--
        (1) keep alive and develop the spirit that promoted world 
    services;
        (2) maintain the ties of fellowship born of that service, and 
    assist and further all patriotic work;
        (3) inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, 
    State, and Nation;
        (4) assist veterans of World War I, World War II, the Korean 
    Conflict, Vietnam, and other strategic areas and their dependents in 
    the presentation of claims to the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
    and aid in any way in their power the men and women who served and 
    died or were wounded or incapacitated during hostilities;
        (5) perpetuate the memory of those whose lives were sacrificed 
    in our wars;
        (6) maintain true allegiance to the United States;
        (7) inculcate lessons of patriotism and love of country in the 
    communities in which we live;
        (8) inspire respect for the Stars and Stripes in the youth of 
    America;
        (9) extend needful assistance to all Gold Star Mothers and, when 
    possible, to their descendants; and
        (10) promote peace and good will for the United States and all 
    other Nations.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1292.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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21103.................................  36:2403.                         June 1
2, 1984, Pub. L. 98-314, Sec.  3,
                                                                          98 St
at. 237; June 13, 1991, Pub. L.
                                                                          102-5
4, Sec.  13(n)(6), 105 Stat. 278.
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    Before clause (1), the word ``objects'' is omitted as included in 
``purposes''.
    In clause (6), the words ``of America'' are omitted for consistency 
in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.
