The purposes of the corporation are—
(1)
to perpetuate the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the men who saved the Union in 1861 to 1865;
(2)
to assist in every practicable way in preserving, and making available for research, documents and records pertaining to the Grand Army of the Republic and its members;
(4)
to teach patriotism, the duties of citizenship, the true history of our country, and the love and honor of our flag;
(5)
to oppose every tendency or movement that would weaken loyalty to, destroy, or impair our constitutional Union; and