Mission

THE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES WHICH IT WILL HEREAFTER PURSUE ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"). ITS GENERAL POWERS AND PURPOSES SHALL BE:(A) TO STRENGTHEN IN AMERICAN LIFE THE PRINCIPLES SET FORTH IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY ITS SIGNERS.(B) TO PROMOTE FELLOWSHIP AMONG THEIR DESCENDANTS.(C) TO INSPIRE AND CULTIVATE A SPIRIT OF UNSELFISH PATRIOTISM.(D) TO AID AND ENCOURAGE HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, THE PRESERVATION OF RELICS AND RECORDS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND MARKING OF HISTORIC SITES.(E) TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEN WHO, IN SIGNING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, MUTUALLY PLEDGED THEIR LIVES, THEIR FORTUNES, AND THEIR SACRED HONOR IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY.(F) TO PROVIDE A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE PURPOSES HEREIN SET FORTH.