VFW 3937

THE PURPOSES OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE FRATERNAL, PATRIOTIC, HISTORICAL, CHARITABLE, AND EDUCATIONAL, AND ARE: TO PRESERVE and STRENGTHEN COMRADESHIP AMONG ITS MEMBERS, TO ASSIST WORTHY COMRADES, TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY AND HISTORY OF OUR DEAD, AND TO ASSIST THEIR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS, TO MAINTAIN TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND FIDELITY TO ITS CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, TO FOSTER PATRIOTISM, TO MAINTAIN AND EXTEND THE INSTITUTIONS OF AMERICAN FEEDOM, AND TO PRESERVE AND DEFEND THE UNITED STATES FROM ALL ENEMIES.