Mission
TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY AND SPIRIT OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ACHIEVED AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, BY THE ACQUISITION AND PROTECTION OF HISTORICAL SPOTS AND THE ERECTION OF MONUMENTS; BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH IN RELATION TO THE REVOLUTION AND THE PUBLICATION OF ITS RESULTS; BY THE PRESERVATION OF DOCUMENTS AND RELICS, AND OF THE RECORDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL SERVICES OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS; AND BY THE PROMOTION OF CELEBRATIONS OF ALL PATRIOTIC ANNIVERSARIES; TO CARRY OUT THE INJUNCTION OF WASHINGTON IN HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, "TO PROMOTE, AS AN OBJECT OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE, INSTITUTIONS FOR THE GENERAL DIFFUSION OF KNOWL-EDGE," THUS DEVELOPING AN ENLIGHTENED PUBLIC OPINION, AND AFFORDING TO YOUNG AND OLD SUCH ADVANTAGES AS SHALL DEVELOP IN THEM THE LARGEST CAPACITY FOR PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF AMERICAN CITIZENS; TO CHERISH, MAINTAIN, AND EXTEND THE INSTITUTIONS OF AMERICAN FREEDOM; TO FOSTER TRUE PATRIOTISM AND LOVE OF COUNTRY; AND TO AID I