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Are Illegal Aliens Missing The Values of American Citizenship?

The purpose of the process of American citizenship is to acclimate people to the American value system that underlies the behaviors that have led to the social stability that allows us to pursue the life, liberty and happiness that has generated our prosperity.  When people are willing to violate our American laws by coming here illegally, they show a disregard for the value system that underlies them.  People act on their values. The danger of illegal immigration is that it provides for people who perhaps have lawless values to be amongst us. Continue reading

Speech Contest at Camp Constitution

Massachusetts Liberty Preservation Association’s Oratory Contest at Camp Constitution

The Massachusetts Liberty Preservation Association (masslpa.org) sponsored an oratory contest at Camp Constitution’s annual family summer camp.  Four outstanding campers participated, Melanie Fiorino, Katie Bartleson, Angela Schwartz, and Rebecca Cambron. The topic was freedom and liberty.  Rebecca was the winner.  She will get an all expense paid trip to Boston, a tour of the Freedom Trail with a noted Boston historian, and the opportunity to give a speech at Mass LPA’s annual Tea Party event at historic Faneuil Hall in December.

Thanks to Mass LPA and the participants.  Please check out the speeches on the camp’s Youtube channel- see above link.

 

 

 

Camp Constitution Slide Show Promotional now on Youtube

We recently uploaded a few slide show promotions for Camp Constitution.  The one which we have linked here is a good pictorial of a day’s activities.  We also posted the one hour slide show that all camp attendees received.  Please mark your calendars for next year’s camp July 7-13.  Confirmed instructors include author Jim Perloff, New American writer Tom Eddlem and camp favorite Rev. Steven Craft.

 

Camp Constitution Announces 2012 Camp

Camp Constitution’s 2012 annual family camp will return to the Toah Nipi Christian Retreat Center Saturday July 7 to Friday July 13.  We are in the process of lining up instructors and more information will follow.  Please visit our YouTube and Vimeo channels for videos of this year’s camp.  Visit our scribd page  www.scribd.com/campconstitution for the daily camp newspare and the speech made by Camper Kate Bartleson as well as other related articles.  We have uploaded pictures from camp on our facebook page.

Camp Constitution’s Annual Family Camp Rindge, NH

Camp Constitution just completed its third annual family camp at the Toah Nipi Christian Retreat Center in Rindge, NH this past week.  It was the biggest turnout with close to 100 campers, staff and other participants on hand.    Families as far as Michigan and Virginia came to enjoy a week in the woods of Southwest New Hampshire.

Attendees heard presentations by authors Sam Blumenfeld, Earl Wallace, Jenn Coffey, and Fred Polinish.  Weatherman Art Horn did an incredible job with his powerpoint presentation refuting global warming.   Other popular camp instructors included “The Patriot Pastor, Garrett Lear, and the camp’s featured instructor Rev. Steve Craft. Continue reading

Camp Constitution Reprints Family Heritage Series

Camp Constitution Press just released “Camp Constitution Presents The Family Heritage Series.”  This series was originally published as a weekly newsletter  designed to be read at the dinner table with family members.  It consists of a series of articles on the U.S. Constititution, the Declarartion of Independence,  U.S. History, economics, and biographies.  Camp Constitution Press reprints six of these in this booklet including “They Signed For Us,  the story of the fate of the brave men who signed the Declarartion of Independence.

This 28-page booklet 8 1/2″ x 11” is avaiable for $4 postage included.  Please send a check  payable to Camp Constitution C/O  Hal Shurtleff 12 March Ave. West Roxbury, MA  02132.  For quanity discounts, please call (857) 498-1309  It is also available as a free down load on Camp Constitution’s scribd.com page www.scribd.com/campconstitution

 

Uncle Sam Museum in Sonoma, CA

Camp Constitution recently visited the Uncle Sam Museum in Sonoma, CA.  This museum is the home of the largest collection of Uncle Sam vintage posters lithographs , and Uncle Sam memorabelia in the world.  The museums’ owners are Cecile and Jean-Pierre Mouraux.  This lovely couple are originally from France.  They came here over 30 years ago and settled in the San Francisco area.  They began collecting vintage posters which led them to learn about the real Uncle Sam-Sam Wilson.  Continue reading

Camp Constitution Press Publishes Its First Book

Camp Constitution Press just co-published “Knives, Lipstick, and Liberty One Journey” by Jenn Coffey.  Jenn is a 2nd term New Hampshire State Representative and a director of Second Amendment Sisters.  Her book is informative, inspirational, and motivational.  It is a story of her transformation from one who was indifferent to the freedom fight to one our our nation’s leading “Bill of Rightists.”   Continue reading