{"data":{"id":"us/36-u.s.c.-21702","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 U.S.C. § 21702","heading":"Purposes","body":"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.","path":["Title 36—PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS","CHAPTER 217—THE AMERICAN LEGION"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc36@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:24Z","sha256":"09b7ba33aae5d0c55e925cc02691a24ca22dfa13da84ab847e4fd4b32f546ece","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/36-u.s.c.-21701","next":"us/36-u.s.c.-21703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}