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[CITE: 36USC21702]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
                    CHAPTER 217--THE AMERICAN LEGION
 
Sec. 21702. Purposes

    The purposes of the corporation are--
        (1) to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States;
        (2) to promote peace and good will among the peoples of the 
    United States and all the nations of the Earth;
        (3) to preserve the memories and incidents of the 2 World Wars 
    and the other great hostilities fought to uphold democracy;
        (4) to cement the ties and comradeship born of service; and
        (5) to consecrate the efforts of its members to mutual 
    helpfulness and service to their country.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1297.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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21702.................................  36:43.                           Sept. 
16, 1919, ch. 59, Sec.  3, 41
                                                                          Stat.
 285; Oct. 29, 1942, ch. 633,
                                                                          Sec. 
 1, 56 Stat. 1012; July 26, 1955,
                                                                          ch. 3
86, Sec.  1, 69 Stat. 379; Sept.
                                                                          1, 19
66, Pub. L. 89-550, Sec.  1, 80
                                                                          Stat.
 371.
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    In clause (1), the words ``of America'' are omitted.
