Mission
TO STRENGTHEN IN AMERICAN LIFE THE PRINCIPLES SET FORTH IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY ITS SIGNERS; TO PROMOTE FELLOWSHIP AMONG THEIR DESCENDANTS; TO INSPIRE AND CULTIVATE A SPIRIT OF UNSELFISH PATRIOTISM; TO AID AND ENCOURAGE HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, THE PRESERVATION OF RELICS AND RECORDS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND MARKING OF HISTORIC SITES; TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEN AS WELL AS THEIR WIFES WHO, IN SIGNING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, MUTUALLY PLEDGED THEIR LIVES, THEIR FORTUNES, AND THEIR SACRED HONOR IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY; AND TO PROVIDE A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF THESE PURPOSES.