George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
[New York, 3 October 1789]
By the President of the United States of America. a Proclamation.
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor—and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me “to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.”
Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be—That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks—for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country previous to their becoming a Nation—for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his Providence which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war—for the great degree of tranquillity, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed—for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted—for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us.
and also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions—to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually—to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed—to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord—To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the encrease of science among them and us—and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.
Given under my hand at the City of New-York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789.
Go: Washington
This is a presentation on the History of the Pilgrims by our late friend Pastor Garrett Lear conducted at Camp Constitution’s 2020 annual family camp
Camp Constitution wishes all a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving.
The Weekly Sam: Did the KGB Kill Kennedy? by Sam Blumenfeld
Today, marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John Kennedy. Our late friend Sam Blumenfeld did extensive research on the assassination and went on a speaking tour of the United States. He steadfastly believed that the KGB with the help of the CIA was responsible. He planned to publish a book about his findings but got as far as this unpublished manuscript:
http://blumenfeld.campconstitution.net/Manuscripts/Did%20The%20KGB%20Kill%20Kennedy.pdf
We would like to publish this and are looking for a volunteer to edit the manuscript.
A link to a downloadable audio presentation on the subject:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2022-11-23T12_14_53-08_00
None Dare Call It Conspiracy
I recently saw a meme that read: “I need new conspiracy theories because all my old ones have come true.” ‘The Insiders” now called the “Deep State” and its operatives have derided those who dare draw different conclusions that the narrative they put forward as “conspiracy theorists.” Like being called a racist or some type of “phobe”, that label is supposed to end the discussion. Many conservatives will begin a sentence with the clause “While I am not a conspiracy theorist…” This immediately puts them on the defensive. And while there are plenty of crazy theories out there, some of which I believe are manufactured to discredit those who don’t accept the Deep State’s narrative, there have been numerous articulate promoters of the conspiratorial view of history- the late Garty Allen being one of them.
Gary Allen’s epiphany is explained in his article “How the Left Turned Me Right.” In the article, Gary tried to set a conservative on his college football team straight. The player loaned him a short stack of books to prove his position, and Gary read them. Instead of refuting his teammates worldview, the information in the books changed his mind and became on the nation’s top promoters and defenders of the conspiratorial view of history. From the mid 1960’s until his death in 1988, he wrote extensively on the subject covering morality, economics, race relations, banking, and international affairs. He also did on-site reporting. His articles in the monthly “American Opinion” https://s3.amazonaws.com/camppictures/CampArchive/index.html proved that he was a generation ahead of his time. Unlike many conservative authors that come out with a ghost-written book every other month that contains little useful information, offering no solutions accept to vote Republican and, of course, buy the author’s next book, Gary’s books were meant to be widely distributed.
In 1972, Gary Allen published None Dare Call It Conspiracy. Over six million copies were distributed, and the book is still having an impact on people today. Gary also toured the country and appeared on many independent radio stations. Here is one of Gary’s presentations that he gave on the subject:
A link to a free downloadable audio version: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2017-10-01T18_26_18-07_00
Recently, a friend donated a batch of 1st edition paperback versions still in their original box. They are available from our on-line bookstore: https://campconstitution.net/product/none-dare-call-it-conspiracy-paperback-1st-edition/
The History of Veterans Day
History of Veterans Day
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.)
Camp Constitution salutes our nation’s veterans and active-duty military.
Shooting Back The Right and Duty of Self Defense: A Presentation by Charl van Wyk
In September, Camp Constitution Speaker’s Bureau hosted six speaking engagements for Charl van Wyk in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine.
Charl Van Wyk was just an ordinary Christion man until July 25, 1993 – the day that would become known as the St. James Massacre. It was on this date that Charl van Wyk shot back at the terrorists who were attacking an innocent congregation gathered in worship and saved many lives in the process. Charl tells his story on this video. Charl, now a missionary in Africa is the author of several books including Shooting Back The Right and Duty of Self Defense, Reloaded Shooting Back Again, and How to Win A Gunfight Without Being a Great Shot available as a free PDF download here: https://campconstitution.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/How-to-Win-a-Gunfight-Even-If-Youre-Not-a-Good-Shot.pdf
This presentation took place at the Lane House in Lexington on Monday September 18, and videotaped by our friend Bill McNally
You can visit Charl’s website at https://www.shootingbackbook.com/
The Weekly Sam: You Don’t Need Puppets Popping out of Trash Cans to Teach Children How to Read
My late friend Sam Blumenfeld remarked “You don’t need puppets popping out of trash cans to teach children how to read. Indeed, in his highly acclaimed Alpha-Phonics, he used no pictures as Sam explained “pictures distract the students.” Here is a video playlist of Sam teaching all 128 lessons of his Alpha-Phonics:
The on-line version of Alpha-Phonics can be found here: https://campconstitution.net/blumenfelds-alphaphonics/
And, readers can order copies of the Alpha-Phonics from our on-line shop: https://campconstitution.net/product/alpha-phonics-by-sam-blumenfeld/
United Nations Day of Shame
Today, October 24, marks the birthday of the United Nations-the House That Hiss Built. It was sold to a war weary world as “mankind’s last and best hope for peace.” The true purpose for its creation was to be the vehicle towards a one world government. Its first acting secretary who wrote the United Nation’s charter was Alger Hiss, a spy for the Soviet Union. Its “peacekeepers” have engaged in atrocities including bombing hospitals, rape, child prostitution. It has a history of enabling terrorists, and its agents support abortion and homosexuality.
Below are a few educational recourses that are available on Camp Constitution’s on-line bookstore.
Freedom on the Altar | campconstitution.net
William Norman Grigg convincingly shows that the fulfillment of UN objectives would mean not only an end to nationhood, but the destruction of traditional morality, culture, and values, and the supplanting of the family with the totalitarian state. Paperback 1995 264 pages
The United Nations has been in existence for more than a half-century but has brought the U.S. nothing but trouble. It has involved us in many wars, sapped our financial and economic resources, worked to change our laws, and gradually undermined our national sovereignty. This book reveals the hard reality of the UN system, its dangerous objectives, and what you can do about the UN’s tight grasp on American policies. 127 pages. Paperback
The United Nation’s Conspiracy by Robert W. Lee | campconstitution.net
Published in 1981, this book is an excellent expose of the United Nations.
https://campconstitution.net/product/freedom-from-war/
This document was created during the Kennedy Administration. The U.S. State Department’s goal is the disarm the American people and turn our military over to the United Nations.
And a short video from the early 1960s by Dan Smoot:
Resources to Fight the Green Mafia
Recently, I made a posting on a local Facebook page making the claim that climate change is a hoax. While most in the group agreed with me, one member of the group took serious exception to my post and wrote: “CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX??? Are you KIDDING ME??? If at this point you still think it’s a HOAX, you are an absolute FOOL.”
It is quite understandable why this person believes that climate change is real, and anyone who opposes the idea is an “absolute fool’ or worse. We are inundated with climate change or global warming chicken littles from Greta “How Dare You” Thunberg to the corporate media to government schools to the Democrat Party, to the big non-profit foundations that fund every United Nations friendly non-government organization. Some of these chicken littles are genuine ideologues while some are in it for the money. They make up what I call the Green Mafia. And while they may not have their opponents “sleeping with the fishes,” they love to fire, ban, boycott and demonize their opponents.
Like the vast majority of members of the Green Mafia, I am not a scientist, but I have many friends who are. In addition to my many scientist friends, I have been around almost sixty-five years and remember past predictions of the chicken littles that have come to naught. One of the earliest was my eighth-grade teacher who told us that we may be facing an ice age or global cooling.
Then in the mid-1980s, the chicken littles told us that acid rain would kill all of the fish in the oceans, lakes, and ponds. Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis gave a press conference at Turners Pond in Milton, MA. He said that acid rain killed all of the fish in the pond. A few weeks later, I visited the pond and to my surprise, I saw people catching fish. I had been lied too. Around the same time, The Boston Globe published an article reporting that acid rain is killing the maple trees in Vermont. A few years later while visiting Vermont, I picked up a local paper and read an article reporting that Vermont has experienced its largest maple sugar crop in the state’s history. Then, it was the ozone hole. We were all going to get skin cancer because we were destroying the ozone layer by using aerosol cans. The ozone hole was huge in the Antarctic during the winter months. The chicken littles failed to report is that the sun is needed to make ozone, and it is dark in the Antarctic during the winter but when the sunlight returns, the ozone is replenished.
Resources:
My scientist friends and friendly acquaintances that the Green Mafia calls “climate deniers” and whom I call climate realists:
Willie Soon
The first on the list is Professor Willie Soon, an instructor at Camp Constitution’s annual family camp. His organization is Ceres Science https://www.ceres-science.com/willie-soon Our YouTube channel has a playlist of his presentations: https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/PL7jnzBzBiNYDpYp8KORgRjO5tIsDsjyh-/videos
(Professor Willie Soon)
Joe D’Aleo
Joe is the co-founder of the Weather Channel, and a New Hampshire resident. His organization is Weather Bell https://www.weatherbell.com/
CFACT-Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow: https://www.cfact.org/
CFACT’s Marc Morano is a regular on Fox and Newsweek, and Camp Constitution’s blog reposts the articles by Paul Driessen, its senior policy advisor.
Lord Christopher Monckton
Lord Monckton was an advisor to Margaret Thatcher and an instructor at Camp Constitutions’ annual family camp. Most of his work can be found at The Heartland Institute. https://heartland.org/
Tony Heller
My interview of Tony Heller where he gives an historical overview of climate and weather over the last 200 years, and by doing so, refutes today’s climate alarmists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60bSYcOc3ng
A link to his website: https://realclimatescience.com/
Noah Webster:
Yes. Noah Webster the famous lexicographer wrote and spoke on the subject of climate change. He even debated Thomas Jefferson who conceded defeat. In 1810, he published On the Supposed of Change of Temperature of Winter. https://www.amazon.com/Supposed-Change-Temperature-Winter/dp/0983521956 For a free download, please E-mail me at campconstitution1@gmail.com
Finally, the late John Coleman, founder of the Weather Channel. I had the opportunity to interview him at an event sponsored by the Heartland Institute back in 2009. In the interview, Mr. Coleman said that global warming now rebranded as climate change was a hoax:
https://youtu.be/Vk8km7C8-EU?si=viMfDbIbIMoW0Lt4
The above list is not exhaustive. There are many more resources, but the ones above are a good start. Those who are reading this article in hard copy format, may E-mail me for an on-line version making it easier to access the linked videos and websites campconstitutrion1@gmail.com )
George Floyd Was Not Murdered: Tucker Carlson Interview Vince Ellison, Producer of “Will You Go to Hell For Me” and an instructor at Camp Constitution
Tucker Carlson interviews Vince Ellison, producer of the documentary Will You Go to Hell For Me, author of 25 Lies Exposing the Democrats Most Seductive, Damnable and Destructive Lies and How to Refute Them, and instructor at Camp Constitution on the subject of Georg Floyd. In this short interview, Vince explains how Floyd was a habitual criminal whose death was used to promote the Democrat’s Marxist agenda.
Camp Constitution will be sponsoring speaking engagements in the Spring of 2024 for Vince in the New England region.
Pro-Life Flag Flies in Billerica, Massachusetts
Fly the Pro-Life Flag is a group based in Billerica, MA, a town 25 miles Northwest of Boston. Led by Mrs. Dee Dee Clark Dorrington, the group successfully petitioned the town to fly the Pro-Life flag.
A hearing by the town selectmen was held on Monday September 11. The group reached out to our friends at the Massachusetts Family Institute https://www.mafamily.org/ and on the day of the meeting, the selectmen received a letter from the Institute’s attorney Sam Whiting citing “Shurtleff v Boston www.lc.org/flag
Dear Members of the Select Board,
My name is Sam Whiting and I am an attorney with Massachusetts Family Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the family in Massachusetts. I write on behalf of pro-life citizens of Billerica who recently submitted an application to fly the pro-life flag on a town flag pole located at the Billerica Public Library during the month of October. The purpose of this letter is to advise you of the legal implications of Billerica’s policies and practices in the context of this request.
As you know, the Supreme Court recently unanimously held in Shurtleff v. City of Boston that when a city allows a flagpole to be used as a public forum for expression by various groups, it cannot discriminate against any group’s flag based on the message it conveys.[1] A critical factor in the Court’s analysis in deciding whether Boston had turned its flagpole into a public forum was the extent to which the government had “actively shaped or controlled the expression” at issue.[2] Because Boston had allowed numerous other private groups to fly their flags on the city flagpole and had never turned away an applicant, it could not discriminate against a Christian applicant because of the religious content of the flag he requested to fly.[3]
It is our understanding that in the past, Billerica has approved the requests of a number of private groups to fly their flags on city flagpoles, including but not limited to:
- The Italian flag, to celebrate Italian Heritage Month;
- The Armenian Genocide Commemoration flag;
- The Indian flag, to commemorate Indian Independence Day;
- The LGBTQ Pride flag, to commemorate LGBTQ Pride month.
Some of these flags have been raised multiple times over multiple years at the request of private groups. An ordinary citizen observing private groups raising these flags would understand that the flags represent the groups’ private expression, and not the government speech of Billerica.[4] It should also be noted that some of these flags, such as the Armenian Genocide flag or the LGBTQ Pride flag, touch on sensitive and/or potentially contentious political issues over which Billerica residents may strongly disagree.
By engaging in a practice of allowing any and all private groups to use town flagpoles for private expression, Billerica has opened its flagpoles as a public forum, just as Boston did. This means that this Board may not deny the pro-life group’s request to fly its own flag based on the content of its message. To do so would violate their First Amendment right to free expression. While some may see the flag as controversial, it is no more controversial than other flags the Board has allowed to fly in the past and should be given equal treatment.
It is true that Billerica may close the forum it has opened by passing a policy stating that town flag poles are no longer forums for public expression but are instead forums for government speech. However, until such a policy is passed, the flagpoles remain a public forum. The fact that the Board is now moving to pass such a policy in apparent response to the request to fly the pro-life flag indicates that the Board is acting to discriminate against the pro-life group based on the content and viewpoint of their message. This is unfortunate. Should the Board deliberately and unnecessarily delay acting on the pro-life group’s request to fly their flag until it can pass a new flag policy, this would also violate the group’s First Amendment rights.
For the foregoing reasons, I would strongly advise the Board to approve the pro-life group’s request to fly the pro-life flag at some point during the month of October.
Very truly yours, Samuel J. Whiting, Esq.
Staff Attorney
Massachusetts Family Institute
401 Edgewater Drive, Suite 580
Wakefield, MA 01880
Tel: 781.589.0400
Michael King of Mass Family Institute reached out to me the day of the hearing, and asked if I would Zoom and testify. I was happy to do so and during my brief testimony, I reminded the selectmen that it cost the City of Boston more than $2.1 million in legal fees. The selectmen voted 4-1 to let the group fly the Pro-Life flag for two weeks in October. And, on Monday October 16, a brief flag raising ceremony took place in the center of Billerica.
After the flag raising, DeeDee made these remarks on the group’s Facebook page:
“Christina Marie and I are beyond overwhelmed and still flying high (pun intended) with the amount of support that the prolife community received tonight.
The flag raising ceremony went on without a hitch (well, maybe a brief tangle of the ropes
) and we feel truly blessed to have seen this initiative thorough.
) and we feel truly blessed to have seen this initiative thorough.We will share videos and pictures as we collect and prepare them, but for now it’s time for tacos and ice cream.
Thank you to everyone who attended tonight and showed your support for life.”
Camp Constitution salutes the folks at Fly the Pro-Life Flag and hopes that this event inspires others around the nation.