{"data":{"id":"us/36-u.s.c.-22502","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 U.S.C. § 22502","heading":"Purposes","body":"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.","path":["Title 36—PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS","CHAPTER 225—AMERICAN WAR MOTHERS"],"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":"3c3112b606e73e60dc881bc896627d8b91f004f3bc92ed0d123f165041a8ec8c","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/36-u.s.c.-22501","next":"us/36-u.s.c.-22503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}