TO CHERISH THE RECOLLECTIONS OF OUR HERITAGE AND THE BIRTHPLACE OF OURSELVES AND OUR FOREFATHERS; TO PROMOTE GOOD FELLOWSHIP AMONG GERMANS AND THEIR DECENDENTS; TO ENCOURAGE PATRIOTIC LOYALTY TO AND SUPPORT OF OUR CITY,STATE, AND COUNTRY; TO PERPETUATE THE CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, LINGUISITIC,AND SCIENTIFIC INFLUENCE OF "DEUTSCHLAND".