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        <ExplanationTxt>THE OBJECTS OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS ARE FRATERNAL, PATRIOTIC, HISTORICAL AND EDUCATIONAL. TO PRESERVE AND STRENGHTEN COMRADESHIP AMONG ITS MEMBERS, TO ASSIST WORTHY COMRADES AND TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY AND HISTORY OF OUR DEAD. TO ASSIST THEIR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS TO MAINTAIN TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.</ExplanationTxt>
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