---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 210102"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "210102"
heading: "Purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/210102"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 2101 — Theodore Roosevelt Association"
---

# §210102. Purposes


The purposes of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) are—

- (1) to perpetuate the memory of Theodore Roosevelt for the benefit of the people of the United States and the world; and
- (2) to solicit, receive, hold, and maintain funds, and to apply the principal of the funds and the income from those funds to the following objects, among others:
  - (A) the erection and maintenance of a suitable and adequate monumental memorial in the District of Columbia to the memory of Theodore Roosevelt;
  - (B) the acquisition, development, and maintenance of a public park in memory of Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay, New York;
  - (C) the establishment and maintenance of an endowment fund to promote the development and application of the policies and ideals of Theodore Roosevelt for the benefit of the American people; and
  - (D) the donation of real and personal property, including part or all of its endowment fund, to a public agency for the purpose of preserving in public ownership historically significant property associated with the life of Theodore Roosevelt.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1455.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 210102 | 36:4703. | May 31, 1920, ch. 216, § 3, 41 Stat. 693; July 25, 1962, Pub. L. 87–547, § 6, 76 Stat. 217. |

In clause (2), before subclause (A), the words “among others” are substituted for “and to that end, but without restriction to the objects enumerated below” to eliminate unnecessary words.