AMERICAN LEGION-POST 0037
EIN 42-0630988 · Arts, Culture & Humanities (A)
What they do
THE PURPOSES of THE CORPORATION ARE: 1) to UPHOLD and DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION of THE UNITED STATES; 2) to PROMOTE PEACE and GOODWILL AMONG PEOPLES of THE UNITED STATES and ALL THE NATIONS of THE EARTH; 3) to PRESERVE THE MEMORIES and INCIDENTS of THE 2 WORLD WARS and THE OTHER GREAT HOSTILITIES FOUGT to UPHOLD DEMOCRACY; 4) to CEMENT THE TIES and COMRADSHIP BORN of SERVICE; and 5) to CONSECRATE THE EFFORTS of ITS MEMBERS to MUTUAL HELPFULNESS and SERVICE to THEIR COUNTRY.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1946
- Location
- 225 MAIN ST, AMES, IA 50010-6237
- County
- Story
- In care of
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