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.