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[CITE: 36USC30503]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
             CHAPTER 305--BLUE STAR MOTHERS OF AMERICA, INC.
 
Sec. 30503. Purposes

    The purposes of the corporation are patriotic, educational, social, 
and for service, and include--
        (1) perpetuating the Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc., and the 
    memory of all the men and women who have served our country as 
    members of the Armed Forces;
        (2) maintaining true allegiance to the Government of the United 
    States;
        (3) educating members of the corporation and others not to 
    divulge military, naval, or other Government information;
        (4) assisting in veterans' ceremonies;
        (5) attending patriotic rallies and meetings;
        (6) fostering true democracy;
        (7) caring for unsupported mothers who gave their sons to the 
    service of the Nation;
        (8) aiding in bringing about recognition of the need for 
    permanent civilian defense in each community and the need to be 
    always alert against invasion of un-American activities;
        (9) upholding the American institutions of freedom, justice, and 
    equal rights; and
        (10) defending the United States from all enemies.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1320.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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30503.................................  36:943.                          July 1
4, 1960, Pub. L. 86-653, Sec.  3,
                                                                          74 St
at. 515.
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    Before clause (1), the words ``The purposes of the corporation are 
patriotic, educational, social, and for service, and include'' are 
substituted for ``The purposes of the corporation shall be'' and ``the 
further object of this organization shall be patriotic, educational, 
social, and for service'' for clarity.
    In clause (3), the words ``members of the corporation'' are 
substituted for ``our members'' for clarity.
    In clause (8), the words ``the need for'' are substituted for ``the 
need of'', and the words ``in each community'' are substituted for ``for 
each community'', for clarity. The words ``the need'' are added for 
clarity. The words ``to be always alert'' are substituted for ``to ever 
be alert'' for clarity.
