Purpose

The purpose of this organization shall be fraternal, patriotic, historical, and educational. To preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; to assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the government of the United States of America, and fidelity to its constitution and laws; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, and to preserve and defend the United States from all her enemies whomsoever.
--Section 3 of our Congressional Charter.