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legal/us/code/title-36/chapter-217/section-21702.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "36 U.S.C. § 21702"
+description: "Purposes"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 36
+title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
+chapter_number: "217"
+chapter_name: "THE AMERICAN LEGION"
+section: "21702"
+citation: "36 U.S.C. § 21702"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc36@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s21702"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 36 U.S.C. § 21702 - Purposes
+
+## Text
+
+The purposes of the corporation are—
+
+(1) to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States;
+
+(2) to promote peace and good will among the peoples of the United States and all the nations of the Earth;
+
+(3) to preserve the memories and incidents of the 2 World Wars and the other great hostilities fought to uphold democracy;
+
+(4) to cement the ties and comradeship born of service; and
+
+(5) to consecrate the efforts of its members to mutual helpfulness and service to their country.
+
+(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1297.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2170236:43.Sept. 16, 1919, ch. 59, § 3, 41 Stat. 285; Oct. 29, 1942, ch. 633, § 1, 56 Stat. 1012; July 26, 1955, ch. 386, § 1, 69 Stat. 379; Sept. 1, 1966, Pub. L. 89–550, § 1, 80 Stat. 371. In clause (1), the words “of America” are omitted.