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Our MissionThe National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution was organized April 30, 1889, and incorporated by an act of the United States Congress, June 9, 1906. The society's charter states the purposes and objectives of the society are "patriotic, historical, and educational and shall include those intended or designed to perpetuate the memory of the men who, by their services or sacrifices during the war of the American Revolution, achieve the independence of the American people; to unite and promote fellowship among descendants; to inspire them and the community-at-large with a more profound reverence for the principles of the government founded by our forefathers; to encourage historical research in relation to the American Revolution; to acquire and preserve the records of the individual services of the patriots of the war, as well as the documents, relics, and landmarks; to mark the scenes of the Revolution by appropriate memorials; to celebrate the anniversaries of the prominent events of the war and of the revolutionary period; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; and to carry out the purposes expressed in the preamble to the Constitution of our country and the injunctions of Washington in his farewell address to the American people." (History obtained from the OR SAR Homepage)
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