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36 U.S.C. 22502: PurposesText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 36-PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONSCHAPTER 225-AMERICAN WAR MOTHERS

§22502. Purposes

The purposes of the corporation are⁠—

(1)  to keep alive and develop the spirit that promoted world service;

(2)  to maintain the ties of fellowship born of that service and to assist and further any patriotic work;

(3)  to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, State, and Nation;

(4)  to work for the welfare of the Army and Navy;

(5)  to assist, in any way in their power, men and women who served and were wounded or incapacitated in World War I; and

(6)  to foster and promote friendship and understanding between America and the Allies in World War I.

( Pub. L. 105–225 , Aug. 12, 1998 , 112 Stat. 1304 .)

Historical and Revision Notes

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22502

36:93.

Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 303, § 3, 43 Stat. 967.

In clauses (5) and (6), the words “World War I” are substituted for “the World War” for clarity.