Camp Constitution Salutes our Nation’s Veterans and Active Duty Military
World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” – officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France.
However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918,… is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.”
The United States Congress officially recognized the end of World War I when it passed a concurrent resolution on June 4, 1926, with these words:
Whereas the 11th of November 1918, marked the cessation of the most destructive, sanguinary, and far reaching war in human annals and the resumption by the people of the United States of peaceful relations with other nations, which we hope may never again be severed, and
Whereas it is fitting that the recurring anniversary of this date should be commemorated with thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations; and
Whereas the legislatures of twenty-seven of our States have already declared November 11 to be a legal holiday: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that the President of the United States is requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on November 11 and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies of friendly relations with all other peoples. (The above is from the Veterans Administration.)
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery stands atop a hill overlooking Washington, D.C.. On March 4, 1921, Congress approved the burial of an unidentified American soldier from World War I in the plaza of the new Memorial Amphitheater.
The white marble sarcophagus has a flat-faced form and is relieved at the corners and along the sides by neo-classic pilasters, or columns, set into the surface. Sculpted into the east panel which faces Washington, D.C., are three Greek figures representing Peace, Victory, and Valor. The six wreaths, three sculpted on each side, represent the six major campaigns of World War I.
Inscribed on the back of the Tomb are the words: Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God
The Tomb sarcophagus was placed above the grave of the Unknown Soldier of World War I. West of the World War I Unknown are the crypts of unknowns from World War II and Korea, plus one empty crypt honoring missing service members from all conflicts. Those three graves are marked with white marble slabs flush with the plaza. The empty crypt originally held the remains of an unknown from the Vietnam War, but its occupantwas identified in 1998 and his remains returned to his family for burial in St. Louis.
Camp Constitution salutes our nation’s veterans and activy duty military
Camp Constitution Speakers Bureau Exposes Common Core
Camp Constitution Speakers Bureau hosted several engagements for Dr. Duke Pesta, one of the nation’s top experts on the subject of Common Core. Dr. Pesta, a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, and the academic director of Freedom Project Education spoke in Western, Massachusetts, Boston and Rindge, NH. In attendance at these events included elected school committee members, a superindentent of schools (Rindge-Jaffrey, NH) and a New Hampshire state-rep elect. Many thanks to all who make these events possible. Please watch his eye-opening presentation he gave in the Mattapan section of Boston.
Where Do We Find the Job Description of the President of the United States?
While we hear plenty of rhetoric of who and who is not presidential, we don’t seem to hear just what is the job description of the President of the United States. Does the job description include being the most powerful leader in the free world? Is the president suppose to create jobs?
We don’t have to search any further that Article 2, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution to find the power and duties of the President:
“The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.” And, in Article 1, Section 7, Paragraph 3:
Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.”
Congress, under the Constitution, has far more power and duties than the president. Unfortunately, most American including members of Congress and presidential hopefuls, don’t even know the job description of the president. Let’s help change that by promoting and teaching the U.S. Constitution.
Camp Constitution Speakers Participate at the Constitutional Seminar in Hyde Park, NY
Camp Constitution’s Rev. Steve Craft and Hal Shurtleff participated at the 1st Annual Constitution Seminar which took place at the Hyde Park Baptist Church in Hyde Park, NY Friday October 14, 2016. The event was hosted by The Farretti Family, Camp Constitution summer camp attendees, and Dutchess County LEAH-Loving Education at Home.
The all day program consisted of the showing of two videos-“Overview of America” by John McManus and “The Genealogy of the Constitution” by KrisAnne Hall, and presentations by Rev. Craft and Hal Shurtleff on “The Moral American,” “Know Your Constitution,” “Threats to the Constitution, Agenda 21, and a presentation on the history and goals of Camp Constitution.
Rev. Steve Craft Addresses Race, Drugs, and Maine’s Governor Paul LePage
Several weeks ago, Camp Constitution instructor Rev. Craft heard a news story about the controversy surrounding Governor Paul LePage which promoted him to write a letter of support to the Governor. Rev. Craft contacted Hal Shurleff, director of Camp Constitution who suggested that he come to Maine, and hold a press conference. A date was set, and a news release went out to members of the Maine media on Monday September 26 announcing the Wednesday conference. Mrs. Pat Truman of Hallowell, ME visited the State House the day before the conference hand delivering the news release to members of the State House press. Mr Scott Thistle of the “Portland Press Herald” received a copy and contacted Mr Shurtleff by phone and did a short interview. That interview was carried in a number of Maine daily papers including the “Kennebec Journal,” and the “Bangor Daily News,” which prompted numerous members of the media to attend the confeerence including four T.V. stations.
The press conference lasted 40 minutes. Hal Shurtleff began the conference by stating that Governor LePage or the Maine Republican Party did not contact Camp Constitution. Rev. Craft’s opening statement which included several state legislators was “If I offend you, there’s the door. Leave.” Rev. Craft took Governor LePage to task for some of his statements, but urged the media to leave him alone. A reporter asked him about the state of race relations in the U.S. and Rev. Craft answered that “It has become much worse since Obama became President.” While most of the reporting of the conference was fair, Mr. Thistle’s article had the expected liberal slant including the accusation that Rev. Craft was a publicity seeker. A link to the full conference:
Camp Constitution Celebrates Constitution Day
Camp Constitution had a busy day celebrating Constitution Day Saturday September 17, 2016-the 229th anniversary of the day that the delegates at the Constitutional Convention signed the U.S. Constitution. 
We had information tables at two events The first annual Reclaim America Conference in Boxboro, MA that was attended by several hundred Patriots, and a table at the National Heritage Center for Constitution Studies 17th Annual Constitution Day Celebration in Nashua, NH. Hal Shurtleff, director of Camp Constitution had the opportunity to speak to the group on the topic of “Threats to the Constitution.” Camp Constitution made many new friends, and gained new interest and support for our mission. A special thanks to those who. helped make the day a big success: Bob and Nancy Seeley, Rich Seron, and Doctor Kishore.
May our nation continue to celebrate Constitution Day for generations to come.
Camp Constitution Expansion Plans: How You Can Help
THE NEED
For the past 100 years, America has been on a steady decline in every area, due to an all out assault on the fundamental traditional Christian values upon which our nation was built. America’s Founding Fathers and the documents they created, primarily the US Bill of Rights and Constitution are being misrepresented in the media, within our education system and by government officials at every level.
Camp Constitution was developed to stand in the gap and help reverse the negative trend.
THE SOLUTION
The Camp Constitution Family Camp was founded in December of 2008. It held its first week long family camp in July of 2009. It is a New Hampshire charitable trust with a mission to Promote and Preserve The Christian Foundation of Americanism by inspiring young people to live out, advocate for and defend the values that made America great. Attendance at Camp Constitution Family Camp has increased every year!
To date, these goals currently have been pursued through these activities:
a) The summer Camp Constitution weeklong program in Rindge, NH,
b) Outreaching to young people and their parents and caretakers by providing information at home school shows and other venues.
c) We maintain a Youtube channel where we post videos of our camp classes and activities at our and short videos of historic or issue related importance. The camp has a publishing arm, Camp Constitution Press. which has reprinted “Not Yours to Give,” “Republics and Democracies,” “What is Money,”
d) Our Sam Blumenfeld Archive, a valuable source for homeschoolers has been receiving thousand of views. In August 2016, we received over 187,000 views.
Evidence of the success of these programs is seen in how attendance at Camp Constitution was increasing every year, and the breadth, depth and experience of the authors and speakers who have taken notice of the Camp and submitted resumes and applications to speak there. These speakers believe the Camp provides an excellent opportunity to reach the next generation with the Foundational Principles that no longer are being esteemed nor taught in the US public school system.
THE OPPORTUNITY
We believe there are more and more people in America who are waking up to how our nation is declining, and they are looking for ways to do something about it. Parents feel they are being hit from every side. They can sense the erosion of their Constitutional freedoms, which are threatened by wide-reaching initiatives such as the National Defense Authorization Act with its looming specter of martial law, the IRS targeting conservatives and Christians, and now Common Core is undermining their children at school, which is supposed to be among the safest and most cheerful places.
We have been refining the Camp Constitution model of educating and recreating families, and their members of all ages over the past six years, and now are ready to take the program throughout the entire USA.
Our desire is to prepare young people and assist their families to take back America, and see the next generation preserve it for their posterity. To accomplish this goal, we plan to expand our services to develop a network of Camp Constitutions around the continental USA, Alaska, Hawaii, and even Puerto Rico, as God opens doors. We already have connections to patriotic Americans in all those locations, but we lack the capacity and resources to solidify these relationships and encourage and empower them to go forward into developing their own Camps.
This proposal is to expand the pursuit of these goals through the following activities:
1) Conducting Educational Programs on the Real Lives of America’s Founding Fathers
2) Teaching the Contents of America’s Founding Documents
3) Promoting Camp Constitution Forum A Speakers Bureau of people who research and effectively communicate and disseminate Constitutionally based materials that honor our traditional values. Through the speakers bureau we either would host programs in this and other regions, or facilitate other groups acquiring speakers to meet their needs throughout the year.
4) Linking Organizations and Encouraging Their Coordination In Promoting Activities that Support Traditional American & Christian Values.
5) Providing An On-Line Book Store of Materials that promote Traditional American Christian Values.
6) Conducting weekend training programs to instruct and encourage others to operate week long Camp Constitution programs.
7) Overseeing and conducting multiple week long annual Camp Constitution programs at other locations to be developed throughout the USA, modeled on the success at what currently is our flagship program located in Rindge, NH.
THE FUTURE IS NOW
Currently, Camp Constitution is operated completely by volunteers. We do provide an honorarium for a few speakers, and/or some of their expenses. The majority of our printing costs have been paid for by one of our supporters directly to the printer. If our current speakers begin traveling to other locations throughout America, these costs, including room, board, and perhaps some per diems are going to dramatically increase the need for funding.
Camp Constitution proposes to create a position for a full-time director of Camp Constitution, as the building of other week-long family camps either under our auspices or as a traveling and accessible advisor to them. Duties will include working under the direction of and reporting to a board to accomplish these activities:
A) conducting presentations to groups interested in forming a summer Camp like our current one.
B) Providing presentations on how to start and conduct a summer Camp. Several years ago, we had an opportunity to conduct a presentation to a group in Virginia on how to start a summer camp, and recently we have received several inquiries about starting camps in Colorado and California.
C) Packaging and making available as resources, our current camp program and curriculum, tests, DVDs of our classes with study guides.
D) Making short historic and issue related videos and documentaries.
E) Increasing our presence at home school shows and patriotic events, as well as outreaching at events like county fairs, parades and other venues.
F) Expand The Camp Constitution Press: We would continue to reprint or publish timely items, such as a reprinted booklet about Agenda 21 in New Hampshire, titled “Granite State Future: The Real Facts” and distributed copies to selectmen in approximately 80 percent of the state. We also reprinted an article in the same format, titled: “Gateway 1” with plans to distribute the booklet to officials in Coastal Maine.
G) Improving The Camp Blog: While we already have a blog, we would make it more viable with more timely articles posted on a more regular basis.
H) Media Outreach: We have cultivated a number of friendly media personalities, and will work to increase our presence on the air, in print, and on social media. We have appeared as guests on a number of AM radio stations, and several Cable TV shows.
I) Radio Show: We would expand our radio show that currently airs on a station in Maine for 1/2 a week.
J) Constitution Clubs: We would create these clubs around camp counselors, senior campers – especially those in college. These clubs would meet for the purpose educating, informing and activating young and old alike.
K) State House Days: We will sponsor trips to state houses to educate, inform and influence officials on important issues.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
The greatest need is funding that only patriotic Americans, who can face the stark realities of the position our nation is in, while also having the faith, foresight and resources available to help us make a difference. The funding needs include:
Director’s Compensation Package:
• A starting base annual salary of $59,000.
• Estimated annual expenses for cell phone, travel, lodging, meals, etc, will be $11,000.
• A family medical insurance plan will approximate $500. per month, until we successfully abolish The Affordable Care Act!
We are about 1/5 of the way there. We are looking for monthly contributions/and or annual donations. Monthly donations can be made via PayPal from Camp Constitutions web site www.campconstitution.net Checks can be made out to Camp Constitution and forwarded to: CAMP CONSTITUTION
Attn: Charles Everett
5945 Quail Hollow Road, Unit D
Charlotte, NC 28210
The Dixiecrat Hoax by James Irvin
The Dixiecrat Hoax
There was no mass migration of racists and segregationists from one party to the other. Why are racist comments by GOP members broadcasted, published and rehashed while racist comments by Democrats are quickly buried. When a secular progressive says something racially inflammatory then it is considered a gaffe. Is the party platform of the GOP racist? I can find many quotes online of racist comments by both major parties. The Democrats play down their racism so they seem like the paternal saviors of all races. We’ve been fed historical lies so the hoax is perpetuated. Why do the parties seem polar opposites on race. The Klansman in the south threatened the blacks who were Republicans. It was safer to be a Democrat. The pictures of black GOP members were on cards with their names. They were targeted by racist Democrats. The New Deal was appealing enough for many blacks to change parties. The rise of Marxism and many revolutionaries caused blacks to drift away from the Republican Party. WEB DuBois was a communist and very influential. Capitalism is under heavy scrutiny by today’s black intellectuals like Dr. Umar Johnson and self proclaimed Marxist, Cornel West. The progressive black has to “check” the conservative blacks by various methods of disqualifying his every word. Often people who don’t want to be Democrats are called “Uncle Tom.” If he tries to defend himself he is considered “buckdancing” and “cooning” to be adored by whites. All of this is done for the Democratic machine. It is shameless. Here are my main problems with the DNC:
They butcher US history. They love black history month but often leave out the black Republicans who risked their lives for freedom.
Family Values. If you are a secular person then everything may fit your morals in the direction the nation is going. The Christian who actually reads, believes and wants to follow the scriptures clearly see that the US morally is on a path of perdition and destruction. According to the scriptures Man is supposed to be fruitful and multiply. Each man is supposed to not only be responsible for himself but also his family. The secular progressives give us abortion and a new sexual revolution every generation. Even the Christians in the DNC are squishy when it comes to affirming what they say believe. They find a thousand reasons not to follow the clearly written scriptures on morality. The GOP panders to Christians but they often promise better on moral issues. I suppose pandering is better than outright opposition to Christianity.
Economics. The DNC speakers usually speak about raising someone’s taxes to lift up or help someone else. This is an age old scam.
The author, Mr. James Irvin served in the U.S. Coast Guard, and currently is a nurse. He is a homeschool father and resides in Lynn, MA with his wife and daughters. His family attended Camp Constitution’s 2016 Annual Family Camp.
The Sam Blumenfeld Archives Received over 137,000 Views in June and July
The late Sam Blumenfeld, author, educator, homeschool pioneer, and instructor at Camp Constitution, left his library to Camp Constitution’s co-founder and director Hal Shurtleff. Hal told Sam on his deathbed that his legacy, and work will continue to influence future generations. To help make that statement a reality, Hal with the help of Bill McNally, director of the Samuel L. Blumenfeld Literacy Foundation, spend numerous hours going through Sam’s materials which included hundreds of his articles, books, copies of his speeches on cassettes, VHS tapes, reel to reels, unpublished manuscripts, and letters. Mark Affleck, the camp’s newspaper editor, and Eric Conover, the web master, created the Sam Blumenfeld Archives on the camp’s web site. This archives is an incredible tribute to Sam’s work and life.
The archive’s main feature is perhaps Sam’s most important work, “Alpha Phonics” in PDF format along with all 128 lessons in audio and video. While 137,000 views in two months is still a modest amount of views, we think it is an excellent start. Please help Camp Constitution share Sam’s important work and legacy.
http://blumenfeld.campconstitution.net/
Camp Constutitution Completes Another Succuessful Family Summer Camp
Camp Constitution’s 2016 family camp at the Toah Nipi Christian Retreat Center was a huge success. We had over 100 people of all ages participate wit many first time families all of whom plan to return next year. Along with return instructors like Mrs. Krisanne Hall, and Rev Steve Craft, we had Dr. Punymurtula Kishore, John McManus, and Rev. Theo van Blerk. Mr Mert Melfa and Mike Smith did an amazing job videotaping the many classes and events. In addition to the excellent instruction, campers visited Lexington and Concord, MA, and many participated in a hike up Mt. Monadnock. On Saturday, the lasrt full day of camp, some campers visited business owners and residents of the Towns of Rindge and Jaffrey, NH to distribute U.S. Constitutions, and information on the dangers of an Article V Convention as well as visiting local police stations with material from the nation-wide Support Your Local Police campaign.
Winners of this year’s Super Camper Award goes to Campbell Egan of New York City , and Dominic Girard or Manchester, NH. Mrs. Edit Craft of Edison, NJ received the Super Staffer Award for her incredible efforts with our junior campers. Thanks to all who made this year’s camp possible. Mark your calendar for next year’s camp July 2-8, 2017.
