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Title 36 of the United States Code outlines the role of Patriotic Societies and Observances in the United States Code

United States Code

The Code of Laws of the United States of America is a compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal laws of the United States...

Subtitle I—Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies
Subtitle II—Patriotic and National Organizations
Subtitle III—Treaty Obligation Organizations

Part A--Observances and Ceremonies

Chapter 1--Patriotic and National Observances
- § 101. American Heart Month
  American Heart Month
  American Heart Month is a month-long United States observance established by 36 U.S.C. § 101.- 2009 Edition :The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation— designating February as American Heart Month; inviting the chief executive officers of the States, territories, and possessions...
- § 102. Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
- § 103. Cancer Control Month
- § 104. Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day
  Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day
  Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day is a day observed in the United States to encourage nationwide citizen participation in the cleanup of federal lands. It occurs on the first Saturday after Labor Day, and may include a variety of programs, ceremonies, and activities...
- § 105. Child Health Day
  Child Health Day
  Child Health Day is a United States Federal Observance Day observed on the first Monday in October. According to 36 U.S.C. § 105, on Child Health Day the president invites "all agencies and organizations interested in child welfare to unite on Child Health Day in observing exercises that will make...
- § 106. Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
- § 107. Columbus Day
  Columbus Day
  Many countries in the New World and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, which occurred on October 12, 1492, as an official holiday...
- § 108. Constitution Week
  Constitution Week
  Constitution Week is an American observance to commemorate the adoption of the United States Constitution. The observance runs annually from September 17 to September 23. It was officially enacted on August 2, 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower from a congressional resolution petitioned by the...
- § 109. Father's Day
  Father's Day
  Father's Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June but it is also celebrated widely on other days...
- § 110. Flag Day
  Flag Day in the United States
  In the United States Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777...
- § 111. Gold Star Mother's Day
- § 112. Honor America Days
  Honor America Days
  Honor America Days are a United States Federal Observance observed June 14 to July 4. According to 36 U.S.C. § 112, the 21 days from Flag Day through Independence Day is a period to honor America...
- § 113. Law Day, U.S.A.
  Law Day, U.S.A.
  On May 1 the United States celebrates Law Day, U.S.A.. It is meant to reflect on the role of law in the foundation of the country and to recognize its importance for society.- History :Long before President Dwight D...
- § 114. Leif Erikson Day
  Leif Erikson Day
  Leif Erikson Day is an annual American observance occurring on October 9. It honors Leif Ericson , the Norse explorer who brought the first Europeans known to have set foot in North America....
- § 115. Loyalty Day
  Loyalty Day
  Loyalty Day is observed on May 1 in the United States. It is a day set aside for the reaffirmation of loyalty to the United States and for the recognition of the heritage of American freedom.- History :...
- § 116. Memorial Day
  Memorial Day
  Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War...
- § 117. Mother's Day
  Mother's Day
  Mother's Day is a celebration honoring mothers and celebrating motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, yet most commonly in March, April, or May...
- § 118. National Aviation Day
  National Aviation Day
  The National Aviation Day is a United States national observation that celebrates the development of aviation.The holiday was established in 1939 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who issued a presidential proclamation which designated the anniversary of Orville Wright's birthday to be National...
- § 119. National Day of Prayer
  National Day of Prayer
  The National Day of Prayer is an annual day of observance held on the first Thursday of May, designated by the United States Congress, when people are asked "to turn to God in prayer and meditation". Each year, the president signs a proclamation, encouraging all Americans to pray on this day...
- § 120. National Defense Transportation Day
  National Defense Transportation Day
  National Defense Transportation Day is a United States Federal Observance Day observed on the third Friday in May. According to 36 U.S.C. § 120, on National Defense Transportation Day, the president urges "the people of the United States, including labor, management, users, and investors, in all...
- § 121. National Disability Employment Awareness Month
  National Disability Employment Awareness Month
  National Disability Employment Awareness Month was declared in 1988 by the United States Congress for October to raise awareness the employment needs and contributions of individuals with all types of disabilities. The month is an extension of "National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week"...
- § 122. National Flag Week
- § 123. National Forest Products Week
- § 124. National Freedom Day
  National Freedom Day
  National Freedom Day is a United States observance on February 1 honoring the signing by Abraham Lincoln of a joint House and Senate resolution that later became the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution...
- § 125. National Grandparents Day
- § 126. National Hispanic Heritage Month
  National Hispanic Heritage Month
  National Hispanic Heritage Month is the period from September 15 to October 15 in the United States, when people recognize the contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the United States and celebrate the group's heritage and culture....
- § 127. National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
- § 128. National Maritime Day
  National Maritime Day
  National Maritime Day is a United States holiday created to recognize the maritime industry. It is observed on May 22, the date that the American steamship Savannah set sail from Savannah, Georgia on the first ever transoceanic voyage under steam power. The holiday was created by the United States...
- § 129. National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
  National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
  National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, which is observed annually on December 7, is to remember and honor all those who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. On August 23, 1994, United States Congress, by , designated December 7 of each year as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day...
- § 130. National Poison Prevention Week
  National Poison Prevention Week
  National Poison Prevention Week is observed in the United States the third week of March. The goal of the week is to raise awareness of the risk of being poisoned by household products, medicines, pesticides, plants, bites and stings, food poisoning, and fumes...
- § 131. National Safe Boating Week
- § 132. National School Lunch Week
- § 133. National Transportation Week
- § 134. Pan American Aviation Day
  Pan American Aviation Day
  Pan American Aviation Day is a United States Federal Observance Day observed December 17. According to 36 U.S.C. § 134, on Pan American Aviation Day the president calls on "calling on all officials of the United States Government, the chief executive offices of the States, territories, and...
- § 135. Parents' Day
  Parents' Day
  Parents' Day is a holiday similar to a combination of Father's Day and Mother's Day.-In the United States:In the United States, Parents' Day is held on the fourth Sunday of every July...
- § 136. Peace Officers Memorial Day
  Peace Officers Memorial Day
  Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week is an observance in the United States that pays tribute to the local, state, and Federal peace officers. The Memorial takes place on May 15, and Police Week is the calendar week in which the Memorial falls....
- § 137. Police Week
- § 138. Save Your Vision Week
- § 139. Steelmark Month
- § 140. Stephen Foster Memorial Day
  Stephen Foster Memorial Day
  Stephen Foster Memorial Day is a United States Federal Observance Day observed on January 13. According to 36 U.S.C. § 140, Steven Foster Memorial Day celebrates the life of American songwriter Stephen Foster. The date commemorates date that Foster died....
- § 141. Thomas Jefferson's birthday
- § 142. White Cane Safety Day
  White Cane Safety Day
  thumb|upright|A long white cane, the symbol of White Cane Safety DayWhite Cane Safety Day is a national observance in the United States, celebrated on October 15 of each year since 1964...
- § 143. Wright Brothers Day
  Wright Brothers Day
  Wright Brothers Day is a United States national observation. It is codified in the US Code, and commemorates the first successful flights in a heavier than air, mechanically propelled airplane, that were made by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North...
- § 144. Patriot Day
  Patriot Day
  In the United States, Patriot Day occurs on September 11 of each year, designated in memory of the 2,977 killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Most Americans who were alive during the events refer to the day as "Nine-Eleven ", "September Eleventh", or some variation thereof...

Chapter 3--National Anthem, Motto, Floral Emblem, and March
- § 301. National anthem
  The Star-Spangled Banner
  "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships...
- § 302. National motto
  In God We Trust
  "In God We Trust" was adopted as the official motto of the United States in 1956. It is also the motto of the U.S. state of Florida. The Legality of this motto has been questioned because of the United States Constitution forbidding the government to make any law respecting the establishment of a...
- § 303. National floral emblem
- § 304. National march
- § 305. National tree

Chapter 5--Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies
- § 501. Definitions
- § 502. Regulations, licenses, and registration tags
- § 503. Use of reservations, grounds, and public spaces
- § 504. Installation and removal of electrical facilities
- § 505. Extension of wires along parade routes
- § 506. Duration of regulations and licenses and publication of regulations
- § 507. Application to other property
- § 508. Enforcement
- § 509. Penalty
- § 510. Disclosure of and prohibition on certain donations
- § 511. Authorization of appropriations

Chapter 7--Federal Participation in Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day
Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day
Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day is a day observed in the United States to encourage nationwide citizen participation in the cleanup of federal lands. It occurs on the first Saturday after Labor Day, and may include a variety of programs, ceremonies, and activities...
- § 702. Definition
- § 703. Duties of Federal land management agency
- § 704. Activities

Chapter 9--Miscellaneous
- § 901. Service flag and service lapel button
- § 902. National League of Families POW/MIA flag
- § 903. Designation of Medal of Honor Flag

Part B--United States Government Organizations Involved with Observances and Ceremonies

Chapter 21--American Battle Monuments Commission
American Battle Monuments Commission
The American Battle Monuments Commission is a small independent agency of the United States government. Established by Congress in 1923, it is responsible for:...
- §. 2101. Membership
- §. 2102. Employment of personnel
- §. 2103. Administrative
- §. 2104. Military cemeteries in foreign countries
- §. 2105. Monuments built by the United States Government
- §. 2106. War memorials not built by the United States Government
- §. 2107. National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
  National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
  The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific is a cemetery located in Honolulu, Hawaii that serves a memorial to those men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces...
- §. 2108. Pacific War Memorial and other historical and memorial sites on Corregidor
  Corregidor
  Corregidor Island, locally called Isla ng Corregidor, is a lofty island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in southwestern part of Luzon Island in the Philippines. Due to this location, Corregidor was fortified with several coastal artillery and ammunition magazines to defend the entrance of...
- §. 2109. Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account
- §. 2110. Claims against the Commission
- §. 2111. Presidential duties and powers
- §. 2112. Care and maintenance of Surrender Tree site
- §. 2113. World War II memorial in the District of Columbia
  National World War II Memorial
  The U.S. National World War II Memorial is a National Memorial dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II...
- §. 2114. Intellectual property and related items

Chapter 23--United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust. Adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the USHMM provides for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history...
- §. 2301. Establishment of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; functions
- §. 2302. Functions of the Council; membership
- §. 2303. Compensation; travel expenses; full-time officers or employees of United States or Members of Congress
- §. 2304. Administrative provisions
- §. 2305. Staff
- §. 2306. Insurance for Museum
- §. 2307. Gifts, bequests, and devises of property; tax treatment
- §. 2308. Annual report
- §. 2309. Audit of financial transactions
- §. 2310. Authorization of appropriations

Chapter 25--President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
- §. 2501. Acceptance of voluntary services and money or property
- §. 2502. Authorization of appropriations

Part A--General

Chapter 101—General
- §. 10101. Audits
- §. 10102. Reservation of right to amend or repeal

Part B--Organizations

Chapter 201--Agricultural Hall of Fame
National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame
The National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame was issued a rare federal charter by the US Congress in 1960 to serve as the national museum of agriculture and a memorial to industry leaders...
Chapter 202--Air Force Sergeants Association
Air Force Sergeants Association
The Air Force Sergeants Association is a non-profit organization representing the professional and personal interests of nearly 111,000 active, retired and veteran total enlisted members of the United States Air Force and their families....
Chapter 203--American Academy of Arts and Letters
Chapter 205--American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 161,000 members at all degree-levels and in all fields of chemistry, chemical...
Chapter 207--American Council of Learned Societies
American Council of Learned Societies
The American Council of Learned Societies , founded in 1919, is a private nonprofit federation of seventy scholarly organizations.ACLS is best known as a funder of humanities research through fellowships and grants awards. ACLS Fellowships are designed to permit scholars holding the Ph.D...
Chapter 209--American Ex-Prisoners of War
American Ex-Prisoners of War
Prisoners of War is a service organization that aims to assist the surviving U.S. military prisoner of war , particularly those who are elderly and those who have medical problems. Based in Arlington, Texas, the American Ex-Prisoners of War was founded in 1942. It received a congressional charter...
Chapter 210--American GI Forum
American GI Forum
The American G.I. Forum is a Congressionally chartered Hispanic veterans and civil rights organization. Its motto is "Education is Our Freedom and Freedom should be Everybody's Business". AGIF currently operates chapters throughout the United States, with a focus on veteran's issues, education,...

of the United States
Chapter 211--American Gold Star Mothers, Incorporated
Chapter 213--American Historical Association
American Historical Association
The American Historical Association is the oldest and largest society of historians and professors of history in the United States. Founded in 1884, the association promotes historical studies, the teaching of history, and the preservation of and access to historical materials...
Chapter 215--American Hospital of Paris
American Hospital of Paris
The American Hospital of Paris, founded in 1906, located in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a private, not-for-profit institution that is considered agréé/non-conventionné under the French system of healthcare. It has 187 surgical, medical, and obstetric beds....
Chapter 217--The American Legion
American Legion
The American Legion is a mutual-aid organization of veterans of the United States armed forces chartered by the United States Congress. It was founded to benefit those veterans who served during a wartime period as defined by Congress...
Chapter 219--The American National Theater and Academy
American National Theater and Academy
The American National Theatre and Academy is a non-profit theatre producer and training organization that was established in 1935 to be the official United States national theatre that would be an alternative to the for-profit Broadway houses of the day....
Chapter 221--The American Society of International Law
American Society of International Law
The American Society of International Law is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational membership organization, based in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 1906, and was chartered by the United States Congress in 1950...
Chapter 223--American Symphony Orchestra League
League of American Orchestras
The League of American Orchestras, known until Fall 2007 as the American Symphony Orchestra League , is an association of U.S. and Canadian orchestras. Over 950 orchestras are members, including youth, community, and professional orchestras....
Chapter 225--American War Mothers
American War Mothers
The American War Mothers was founded in 1917 and given a Congressional charter on February 24, 1925. It is a perpetual patriotic, 501 4 non-profit, non-political, non-sectarian, non-partisan organization whose members are mothers of children who have served or are serving in the Armed Services...
Chapter 227--AMVETS
AMVETS
AMVETS or American Veterans is a volunteer-led organization formed by World War II veterans which accepts honorably discharged veterans as members....

(American Veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam)
Chapter 229--Army and Navy Union of the United States of America
Chapter 231--Aviation Hall of Fame
Chapter 301--Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is a 501 non-profit organization whose mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors that try to have a measurable impact on youth....
Chapter 303--Blinded Veterans Association
Blinded Veterans Association
The Blinded Veterans Association is a U.S non-profit organization that was established to "help veterans and their families meet and overcome the challenges of blindness"....
Chapter 305--Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc.
Chapter 307--Board for Fundamental Education
Chapter 309--Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
Chapter 311--Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Chapter 401--Catholic War Veterans of the United States of America, Incorporated
Chapter 403--Civil Air Patrol
Civil Air Patrol
Civil Air Patrol is a Congressionally chartered, federally supported, non-profit corporation that serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force . CAP is a volunteer organization with an aviation-minded membership that includes people from all backgrounds, lifestyles, and...
Chapter 405--Congressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America
Chapter 407--Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and Firearms Safety
Civilian Marksmanship Program
The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a U.S. government-chartered program that promotes firearms safety training and rifle practice for all qualified U.S. citizens with special emphasis on youth. Any U.S. citizen who is not legally prohibited from owning a firearm may purchase a military surplus...
Chapter 501--Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War is an American fraternal organization, the legal successor to the Grand Army of the Republic . Founded in late 1881, it was originally one of several competing organizations of descendants of Union veterans...
Chapter 503--Disabled American Veterans
Disabled American Veterans
The Disabled American Veterans, or DAV, is an organization for disabled veterans that helps them and their families through various means. It currently has over 1.2 million members...
Chapter 601--82nd Airborne Division Association, Incorporated (see 82nd Airborne Division (United States))
Chapter 701--Fleet Reserve Association
Fleet Reserve Association
The Fleet Reserve Association is a non-profit organization chartered by the United States Congress that represents the interests of enlisted Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine veterans and active duty personnel in the United States....
Chapter 703--Former Members of Congress (See Member of Congress)
Chapter 705—The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association (See Federal Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
The Federal Bar Association is the primary voluntary professional organization for private and government lawyers and judges practicing and sitting in federal courts in the United States.-Background:...

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Chapter 707--Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association (See Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service, is located at 1411 W St., SE in Anacostia, a neighborhood east of the Anacostia River in Southeast Washington, D.C.. Established in 1988 as a National Historic Site, the site preserves the home and estate of...

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Chapter 709--National FFA Organization
National FFA Organization
The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...
Chapter 801--General Federation of Women's Clubs
General Federation of Women's Clubs
The General Federation of Women's Clubs , founded in 1890, is an international women's organization dedicated to community improvement by enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service...
Chapter 803--Girl Scouts of the United States of America
Girl Scouts of the USA
The Girl Scouts of the United States of America is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. It describes itself as "the world's preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls". It was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912 and was organized after Low...
Chapter 805--Gold Star Wives of America
Chapter 901—Reserved
Chapter 1001--Italian American War Veterans of the United States
Italian American War Veterans of the United States
The Italian American War Veterans of the United States is an Italian American veterans' organization. The group was granted a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code on November 20, 1981....
Chapter 1101--Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, Incorporated
Chapter 1103--Jewish War Veterans, U.S.A., National Memorial, Incorporated
Chapter 1201—Reserved
Chapter 1301--Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic (See Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army of the Republic
The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army, US Navy, US Marines and US Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War. Founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, it was dissolved in 1956 when its last member died...

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Chapter 1303--Legion of Valor of the United States of America, Incorporated
Legion of Valor of the United States of America, Incorporated
The Legion of Valor is a federally chartered corporation created to promote patriotic allegiance to the United States, fidelity to the U.S. Constitution, and popular support for civil liberties and the permanence of free institutions...
Chapter 1305--Little League Baseball, Incorporated
Chapter 1401--Marine Corps League
Marine Corps League
The Marine Corps League is the only Congressionally chartered United States Marine Corps-related veterans organization in the United States. Its Congressional Charter was approved by the 75th U.S. Congress and signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 4, 1937. The organization credits...
Chapter 1403—The Military Chaplains Association of the United States of America
Chapter 1405--Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America, Incorporated (See Purple Heart
Purple Heart
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York...

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Chapter 1407--Military Order of the World Wars
Chapter 1501--National Academy of Public Administration
National Academy of Public Administration (United States)
The National Academy of Public Administration was founded by James E. Webb, then-administrator of NASA, and other leading public administration practitioners in 1967 and chartered under Title 36 of the United States Code in 1984 under Public Law 98-257. The Academy is a nonprofit, nonpartisan...
Chapter 1503--National Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
Chapter 1505--National Conference of State Societies
National Conference of State Societies
The National Conference of State Societies is an umbrella organization for all societies representing states in the United States of America.-History:...

, Washington, District of Columbia
Chapter 1507--National Conference On Citizenship
National Conference on Citizenship
The National Conference on Citizenship was founded in 1946 and was later chartered by the United States Congress in 1953. NCoC was created in order to be a leader in promoting our nation’s civic life by tracking, "measuring and promoting civic participation and engagement in partnership with other...
Chapter 1509--National Council On Radiation Protection and Measurements
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements is a U.S. organization. It has a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code, but this does not imply it has any sort of oversight or supervision from Congress; it is not a government entity.This text appears on the...
Chapter 1511--National Education Association of the United States
National Education Association
The National Education Association is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the United States, representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become...
Chapter 1513--National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (See National Fallen Firefighters Memorial
National Fallen Firefighters Memorial
National Fallen Firefighters Memorial since 1990 is officially designated by the United States Congress as the National Memorial to career and volunteer fallen firefighters. Located in Emmitsburg, Maryland, it was conceived as a tribute to American fire service. The memorial was constructed in 1981...

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Chapter 1515--National Federation of Music Clubs
National Federation of Music Clubs
The National Federation of Music Clubs was founded in 1898, became an NGO member of the United Nations in 1949, and was chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1982. NFMC is a non-profit philanthropic music organization whose goal is to promote American music, performers, and composers through quality...
Chapter 1517--National Film Preservation Foundation
National Film Preservation Foundation
The National Film Preservation Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization created by the U.S. Congress to help save America’s film heritage. Growing from a national planning effort led by the Library of Congress, the NFPF began operations in 1997. It supports activities nationwide that...
Chapter 1519--National Fund for Medical Education
Chapter 1521--National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
Chapter 1523--National Music Council
National Music Council
The National Music Council of the United States is a United States national organization listed under Title 36 of the United States Code, founded in 1940 and chartered by the 84th Congress in 1956. The Council is composed of organizations of national scope interested in the development of music...
Chapter 1524--National Recording Preservation Foundation (See National Recording Preservation Board
National Recording Preservation Board
The United States National Recording Preservation Board selects recorded sounds for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. The National Recording Registry was initiated to maintain and preserve "sound recordings that are culturally, historically or aesthetically...

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Chapter 1525--National Safety Council
National Safety Council
The National Safety Council is a 501 nonprofit, nongovernmental public service organization dedicated to protecting life and promoting health. Headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, NSC is a member organization, founded in 1913 and granted a congressional charter in 1953...
Chapter 1527--National Ski Patrol System, Incorporated
National ski patrol
The National Ski Patrol is the largest winter rescue organization in the world. It was founded in 1938 by Charles Minot Dole, at the urging of Roger Langley...
Chapter 1529--National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists
Chapter 1531--The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Daughters of the American Revolution
The Daughters of the American Revolution is a lineage-based membership organization for women who are descended from a person involved in United States' independence....
Chapter 1533--National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Sons of the American Revolution
The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution is a Louisville, Kentucky-based fraternal organization in the United States...
Chapter 1535--National Tropical Botanical Garden
National Tropical Botanical Garden
The National Tropical Botanical Garden is a group that sponors preservation of plants native to the tropics in a network of botanical gardens and preserves.-History:...
Chapter 1537--National Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army of the Republic
The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army, US Navy, US Marines and US Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War. Founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, it was dissolved in 1956 when its last member died...
Chapter 1539--The National Yeomen F
Yeoman (F)
Yeoman was a rank in the U.S. Naval Reserve in World War I. The first Yeoman was Loretta Perfectus Walsh. At the time, the women were popularly referred to as "yeomanettes" or even "yeowomen", although the official designation was Yeoman ....
Chapter 1541--Naval Sea Cadet Corps
Chapter 1543--Navy Club of the United States of America
Chapter 1545--Navy Wives Clubs of America
Navy Wives Clubs of America
The Navy Wives Clubs of America is a national non-profit organization of enlisted United States Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard spouses whose purpose, by federal charter, is to support the Constitution of the United States, promote a friendly relationship between spouses of enlisted United...
Chapter 1547--Non Commissioned Officers Association of the United States of America, Incorporated
Chapter 1601—Reserved
Chapter 1701--Paralyzed Veterans of America
Paralyzed Veterans of America
The Paralyzed Veterans of America is a veterans' service organization in the United States of America, founded in 1946. The organization holds 34 chapters and 61 National Service Offices in the United States...
Chapter 1703--Pearl Harbor Survivors Association
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association
The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, founded in 1958 and recognized by the United States Congress in 1985, is an organization whose members were at or in the vicinity of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during the Japanese attack of December 7, 1941....
Chapter 1705--Polish Legion of American Veterans, U.S.A.
Chapter 1801—Reserved
Chapter 1901--Reserve Officers Association of the United States
Reserve Officers Association
The Reserve Officers Association is a professional association of officers, former officers, and spouses of all the uniformed services of the United States, primarily the Reserve and National Guard. Chartered by Congress and in existence since 1922, ROA advises and educates the Congress, the...
Chapter 1903--Retired Enlisted Association, Incorporated
Chapter 2001--Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists
Chapter 2003--Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War is an American fraternal organization, the legal successor to the Grand Army of the Republic . Founded in late 1881, it was originally one of several competing organizations of descendants of Union veterans...
Chapter 2101--Theodore Roosevelt Association
Theodore Roosevelt Association
The Theodore Roosevelt Association is a historical and cultural organization dedicated to honoring the life and work of Theodore Roosevelt , the 26th president of the United States....
Chapter 2103--369th Veterans' Association
Chapter 2201--United Service Organizations, Incorporated
United Service Organizations
The United Service Organizations Inc. is a private, nonprofit organization that provides morale and recreational services to members of the U.S. military, with programs in 160 centers worldwide. Since 1941, it has worked in partnership with the Department of Defense , and has provided support and...
Chapter 2203--United States Capitol Historical Society
United States Capitol Historical Society
The United States Capitol Historical Society is an organization chartered by the United States Congress, beginning in 1962, to educate the public on the heritage and history of the United States Capitol, as well as its institutions and those individuals who have served them over time.- History...
Chapter 2205--United States Olympic Committee
United States Olympic Committee
The United States Olympic Committee is a non-profit organization that serves as the National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee for the United States and coordinates the relationship between the United States Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Agency and various...
Chapter 2207--United States Submarine Veterans of World War II
United States Submarine Veterans of World War II
The United States Submarine Veterans of World War II is a congressionally chartered veterans organization that was established to "perpetuate the memory of those shipmates who gave their lives in submarine warfare" during World War II.-Purpose:...
Chapter 2301--Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is a congressionally chartered war veterans organization in the United States. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, VFW currently has 1.5 million members belonging to 7,644 posts, and is the largest American organization of combat...
Chapter 2303--Veterans of World War I of the United States of America, Incorporated
Chapter 2305--Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.
Vietnam Veterans of America
Vietnam Veterans of America Inc. is a national non-profit corporation founded in 1978 in the United States that promotes the interests of United States military veterans of the Vietnam War era. It is funded without any contribution from any branch of government...
Chapter 2401--Women's Army Corps Veterans' Association
Chapter 2501—Reserved
Chapter 2601—Reserved
Chapter 2701—Reserved

Subtitle III—Treaty Obligation Organizations

Chapter 3001--The American National Red Cross
American Red Cross
The American Red Cross , also known as the American National Red Cross, is a volunteer-led, humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education inside the United States. It is the designated U.S...

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U.S. Code Title 36, via United States Government Printing Office
United States Government Printing Office
The United States Government Printing Office is an agency of the legislative branch of the United States federal government. The office prints documents produced by and for the federal government, including the Supreme Court, the Congress, the Executive Office of the President, executive...
U.S. Code Title 36, via Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

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