 Sec. 20b. Purposes and objects of corporation
The purposes and objects of this corporation are declared to be patriotic,
historical, and educational, and shall include those intended or designed
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; to unite and promote fellowship among their descendants;
to inspire them and the community at large with a more profound reverence
for the principles of the Government founded by our forefathers; to encourage
historical research in relation to the American Revolution; to acquire
and preserve the records of the individual services of the patriots of
the war, as well as documents, relics, and landmarks; to mark the scenes
of the Revolution by appropriate memorials; to celebrate the anniversaries
of the prominent events of the war and of the Revolutionary period; to
foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American
freedom, and 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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