# § 153302. Purposes
The purposes of the corporation are patriotic, historical, and educational, and include those intended or designed—
**(1)** to perpetuate the memory of the men who, by their services or sacrifices during the war of the American Revolution, achieved the independence of the American people;
**(2)** to unite and promote fellowship among their descendants;
**(3)** to inspire them and the community at large with a more profound reverence for the principles of the government founded by our forefathers;
**(4)** to encourage historical research in relation to the American Revolution;
**(5)** to acquire and preserve the records of the individual services of the patriots of the war, as well as documents, relics, and landmarks;
**(6)** to mark the scenes of the American Revolution by appropriate memorials;
**(7)** to celebrate the anniversaries of the prominent events of the war and of the Revolutionary period;
**(8)** to foster true patriotism;
**(9)** to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; and
**(10)** to carry out the purposes expressed in the preamble to the Constitution of our country and the injunctions of Washington in his farewell address to the American people.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1424.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 153302 | 36:20b. | June 9, 1906, ch. 3065, § 2, 34 Stat. 227. |
Before clause (1), the words “objects” and “declared to be” are omitted as unnecessary.