George Washington’s Farewell Address
Today, we observe what is now known as “President’s Day” but once called Washington’s Birthday to honor the birthday of the Father of our Country who was born on February 22, 1731. While the Marxists-Cultural and otherwise, have been working to denigrate the memory of Washington and other founders, we at Camp Constitution, true to our motto, honor their memory.
We reprinted George Washington’s “Farewell Address” and make it available on our website in a PDF: https://campconstitution.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/George-Washington-Farewell-Address.pdf
And here is a reading of Washington’s Farewell Address conducted by the late Pastor Garrett Lear at our 2014 annual family camp:
Truth from The Youth: A Review of ” Rescue Mission Planet Earth: A Children’s Guide to Agenda 21″
Back when the members of the Deep State used the term “Agenda 21,” the United Nations published Rescue Mission Planet Earth: A Children’s Guide to Agenda 21. It is one of the most vile pieces of propaganda that I have ever read. Gus and Stephen, hosts of “Truth from the Youth” review the book: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2021-02-12T17_11_49-08_00
And a link to a PDF version of the book: https://campconstitution.net/files/2019/rescue-mission-planet-earth-agenda-21.pdf
The Weekly Sam: Government Schools are Putting Children at Risk-a Lecture by Sam Blumenfeld
Sam predicted back in the 1980s that the government school system will only get worse. How right he was. This is another timeless lecture entitled “Government Schools are Putting Children at Risk”:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2021-02-10T16_43_31-08_00
Camp Constitution’s Answer to Greta Thunberg-The Agenda 21 Challenge
During our closing ceremony at our 2019 family camp, Camp Constitution instructor Debbie Bacigalupi, an expert on Agenda 21, launched the Agenda 21 Challenge where she challenged campers to expose Agenda 21 in their communities. A number of campers agreed to participate in her challenge. I called the challenge, our answer to Greta Thunberg.
Debbie started weekly conference calls with the campers to educate, motivate and plan activities. Campers made presentations to their class, distributed flyers and, two of them Gus and Stephen, started a Podcast on YouTube entitled “Truth from the Youth: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAm6jrvu82rdDwvdQ4HXj3w We also uploaded the Podcasts on our Podomatic page: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2021-02-12T06_25_47-08_00
We encourage readers to help promote the efforts of our campers. Please subscribe to their channel, our Podomatic page, and share their Podcasts. Let folks know that there is a growing number of young people who do not accept the propaganda of the Left and are taking a stand for truth and liberty.
Protect the Flock with a Glock: The Biblical Mandate for Self Defense
Hal Shurtleff and Rev. Steve Craft from Camp Constitution discuss the Biblical mandate for self defense and the need for clergy to insure that their churches are safe from violence. Rev. Steve discuss Luke 22: 36 “Jesus told them but now if you have a money bag take it with you. Also, take a traveling bag, and if you don’t have a sword, sell some of your clothes and buy one” Hal and Rev. Steve encourage Christians to be able to defend themselves, their family, and church members.
The Weekly Sam: First Lecture at the South Boston Heights Academy
Not only was the late Sam Blumenfeld, a pioneer, in the modern homeschool movement but in the early to mid 1970s, Sam helped to start a number of private schools including South Boston Heights Academy in South Boston, MA, and Hyde Park Academy also in Boston. I Here is a link to the first lecture he gave at South Boston Heights where he discusses how he discovered the deliberate dumbing down of America:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2021-02-04T15_44_23-08_00
The Weekly Sam: Evil Influences in Education
Sam Blumenfeld gave this important and timeless presentation in Chattanooga, TN in the late 1980s where he exposes the National Education Association and Death Education: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2021-01-28T17_51_00-08_00
Camp Constitutution Loses a Friend with the passing of Pastor Garrett Lear
I have had the honor and privilege to call the late Pastor Garrett Lear, a friend. He was one of the finest men that I knew. I first met him in the mid-1990s and we shared many a podium together. He was an instructor at Camp Constitution since its inception in 2009. One of my fondest memories of Pastor Lear is the Gadsden Flag raising ceremony which we sponsored on Boston’s City Hall Plaza back in 2013. He showed up in his Black Robe Regiment attire carrying his musket. He and my son raised the flag and after the ceremony, Garrett walked around downtown Boston attracting plenty of attention. (See video below) It isn’t every day that folks see a 6′ 7″ man carrying a musket in Boston.
Pastor Lear with Rev. Steve Craft
His obituary:
Garrett Lear, affectionately known across America and parts of the world as The Patriot Pastor, died at his home in Sanbornville, NH on January 25, 2021 (where he had lived for 16 years) with his loving and devoted wife Kathi at his side.
He was born Joseph Albert Wills II on July 22, 1948 in Boston MA, the first and only son of Albert W. Wills and Shirley Viano Wills. Most of his early years were spent in Lexington, MA and North Hampton NH. He was predeceased by his parents and also his younger and only sibling Susan Ruth Mesterhazy who died in 2018.
He attended Lexington Schools until he was inducted in the corps of cadets at Valley Forge Military Academy, Wayne, PA in 1965, graduating with honors in 1967. He was a member of The National Honor Society and various other scholarly and sports societies while there. He was a member of the Anthony Wayne Legion Honor Guard being #1 in the standing. He was chapel vestry and sang in the choir.
Garrett graduated from Vanderbilt University with a BA in 1971, where he was active in sports, fraternity life (Delta Kappa Epsilon – DKE), a campus student leader and a well-recognized media personality in Nashville.
He served in the US Army and was discharged with an honorable medical discharge from the officer corps at Fort Bragg, NC. ending his intentions for an Army career with the 82nd Airborne.
He moved to California in 1971 and continued in the entertainment and media industry (adopting the professional name Garrett Lear) while attending various Christian ministry schools, becoming ordained in 1973.
In 1975 he moved to Maui Hawaii where he was an avid hunter, fisherman, SCUBA diving instructor and tour guide. There he married his first wife (now deceased) Annette Villaren with whom he had 4 children (1 deceased) and 3 foster children.
In 1980 Garrett began full-time Christian ministry, launching The Well of Living Water Christian Ministries and Fellowship. He graduated from Project 714 and ministered in jails, rehabilitation centers and schools all over America, especially Teen Challenge. He had many spiritual sons and daughters and was an adviser and mentor to people from all walks of life, particularly leaders in government, medicine, and education.
He traveled extensively holding services including Gospel and patriotic music concerts in all 50 American states, most of the provinces of Canada and some in Eastern Europe. He pastored churches in Alaska, Hawaii, California and New Hampshire as well as being interim pastor in many locations including Ft. Nelson, British Columbia.
He hosted a well-received radio program, “Water From The Well” that aired on a variety of stations, he was a popular guest on radio and TV programs, and published dozens of articles in numerous publications. In 1987 his radio broadcast even reached Siberia. He was known as a person with a passionate and well-articulated Biblical worldview and over the years amassed an extensive personal library, of which he was very proud.
In 1992 Garrett founded The Patriot Pastor and The Heroes of American Liberty – The Black Robed Regiment for the 20th Century. He was one of the early pioneers in the Home School Movement, The Tea Party Movement, and We The People. He was one of the founders of The New Hampshire Alliance, Cornerstone Policy Research, National Day of Prayer, The Presidential Prayer Team, Calling All Mayflower Descendants, Pastor’s Prayer Summit, Micro-Farmers of New Hampshire and a familiar figure in various parades.
He was an officer of The National Society Sons of The American Revolution, serving on the National Chaplain’s Committee and holding various officer positions with the Massachusetts and New Hampshire Societies where he was highly decorated, having been awarded the Patriot Medal and the Roger Sherman award with oak leaf cluster. He also served on the Henry Knox Color Guard for the Massachusetts Society. He was inducted in The Lexington Minutemen in 2016.
He was a member and instructor of the National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies, third generation Member of The American Legion, member of and/or active in the Bunker Hill Monument Association, New England Genealogical Society, NH Historical Society, All Things Mayflower, Hampton Rod & Gun Club, White Birch Armory, NRA, NH Coalition of Gun Owners, Camp Constitution, Seacoast Pro-life Network, Options for Women, NH Right to Life, March for Life, March for Jesus, Full Gospel Men’s Fellowship International, Women Aglow International, Promise Keepers, and Oath Keepers. He received the Father O’Connor award, a lifetime achievement award given by NH Right to Life. As a board member for Lokahi Pacific Corporation, he was presented with The Golden Gavel Award, and he graduated in California from The PACE (personal and company effective program).
At various times, Garrett was ordained by different Christian denominations and accepted for ministry in dozens of Christian retreat centers. In 1981 and 1982 he received degrees in Pastoral Counseling and Doctor of Divinity from The Gospel Ministry Institute in California.
In 1995, he received an Award of Sincere Appreciation from the congregation he pastored in North Hampton, NH, also Family Research Council’s Watchman on The Wall Award in 1996, Daughters of The American Revolution Multimedia Services Award 2010, Hampton Rod & Gun Club 2012 Special Recognition Award, The National Center for Constitutional Studies Loyalty Award 2007, and several awards from numerous Rotary Clubs. Garrett was also Honorary Founder of 2 Timothy 3:15 Boy Scout Troop. Regardless of the many awards he was given. Serving was Garrett’s greatest joy. What meant the most to him and what he appreciated most were the cards and letters he received from men, women, and children thanking him for helping them with various life situations.
His final reflections included, “I have lived a life that most people can only dream of or see in a magazine; it has been a very full life and I have no complaints. Being a servant of King Jesus in service to His people has been my passion and joy”. His favorite scripture was Acts 17:28.
Service arrangements are pending and will be announced as soon as they are available.
In lieu of flowers, donations are encouraged to be sent to The Well of Living Water Christian Ministries & Fellowship, 66 Buttercup Lane, Wakefield, NH 03872 so that the Lord’s work that Garrett began nearly 50 years ago may continue and grow.
The Weekly Sam: Educating for the New World Order
Sam Blumenfeld gave this timeless lecture back in the mid 1990s:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2021-01-22T16_44_12-08_00
This audio and most of the writing of Sam Blumenfeld is also available on our Sam Blumenfeld Archive: https://campconstitution.net/sam-blumenfeld-archive/.
Camp Constitution’s Annual Report for 2020
(This report is a few weeks late due to the fact that we recently moved from Boston to New Hampshire.)
Camp Constitution’s Report for 2020
Our 12th Annual Family Camp: This was our first time at Singing Hills Christian Camp in Plainfield, NH. We had the largest turnout in our history with over 140 attendees and guests. We were pleased to have new instructors Dr. Felecia Nace, Attorney Jonathan Alexandre of Liberty Counsel, and William Brown of Save the Persecuted Christians. For the first time in our camp history, we had marksmanship where 40 people young and old fired weapons for the first time.
YouTube Channel: We were averaging 10.000 and have approximately 1,200 new subscribers. Our most popular videos are Debbie Bacigalupi’s class on California Wildfires, and Agenda 21, Manning Johnson’s, and Rev. Steve Craft’s Color, Communism, and Common-Sense class from last year’s family camp. If you haven’t already, please take a few minutes to visit our channel and subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN7ME18Q1xiqcrPEn5h5FbA?view_as=subscriber
The Sam Blumenfeld Archive: We are averaging 0ver 100,000 views a month, with over 3,000 Alpha-Phonics downloaded per month. https://campconstitution.net/sam-blumenfeld-archive/
Since launching the Blumenfeld Archives 33 months ago, close to 250,000 Alpha-Phonics and 50,000 Alpha-Phonics instruction books have been downloaded.
Camp Constitution Radio on Podomatic: Our listenership has almost doubled over last year with over 9,000 visits and over 3,000 shows downloaded. A donor recently gave us the funds to become a “Broadcaster” giving us unlimited space. https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal
Facebook Page: Over 3,000 likes. We also manage nine Facebook groups. Facebook recently disabled my account. All of my Camp Constitution Facebook videos, pictures with the exception of those on our page went down an Orwellian Memory Hole. We started a group on MEWe and encourage readers to visit and like our new group on MEWE: https://mewe.com/group/5e0cca3101162c26682b7278
Speakers Bureau: Prior to the lockdown we had eight speaking engagements which included an all-day seminar in New York hosted by the Gimenez family. We hosted two videos showing of the movie Unplanned. Since the lockdown and gradual reopening, we spoke at six Open Up Massachusetts rallies. Rev. Craft, Tom Moor, Rich Howell spoke at the annual Flag Day-Second Amendment Rally in Central Massachusetts. In August and September, we had ten speaking engagements in Maine including Rev. Craft as the keynote speaker at a rally in Houlton. Rev. Craft and I spoke to a group in Douglas, MA hosted by State Senator Ryan Fatman. We hosted well-attended barbecues at the Lane House in Lexington on Independence Day, and Labor Day Weekend. Rev. Craft conducted several presentations in the Naples, Florida area after a pastor saw his video on Color, Communism, and Common Sense. We also hosted video presentations and started up our monthly luncheons in November at the Lane House.
Information Tables and Outreach: Prior to the lockdown in March, we had information tables at several venues, and a first-time presence at the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. During the lockdown, we had information tables at the annual Flag Day Second Amendment Rally in Massachusetts, and for the first time, we had an information table at the Heaven’s Saints Motorcycle Club Rally in Helen, Georgia
Camp Constitution’s Website: We are seeing a steady monthly increase with over 40,000 views from January to June. Our on-line shop experienced steady sales over last year. https://www.campconstitution.net
Camp Constitution Press: We reprinted And Not a Shot if Fired. We published Sam Blumenfeld’s School-Induced Dyslexia and How It Deforms a Child’s Brain, reprinted Negroes in a Soviet America and American Negro Problems. These were Communist Party pamphlets that were reprinted by Patriot groups in the 1950s and 1960s to show how the Communists were promoting race hatred.
Camp Constitution Book Sales: We had brisk sales from our Amazon account during the lockdown raising approximately $7,500 from our Amazon and Facebook page. We are enjoying many sales from our on-line shop and added new items https://campconstitution.net/shop/
Camp Constitution Media: Thanks to Mert Melfa, our cameraman, our 2020 Camp Constitution’s 12th Annual Family Camp playlist is uploaded. We videotaped speakers at our Independence Day Barbecue and our Labor Day Weekend Barbecue, three Open Massachusetts Rally events, the Flag Day-Second Amendment Rally. We were on hand to videotape an event in Northern Maine with Coach Dave Daubenmire, and David Author; a presentation by Stephen Coughlin, one of the nation’s top experts on Islam held in Virginia; a presentation on George Washington’s Crossing of the Delaware by historian, and author Robert Allison in Greater Boston sponsored by the Sons of the Revolution, and a wreath laying ceremony in Boston to honor the victims of the Boston Massacre sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and an event commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower Compact in Provincetown, MA. We also videotaped presentations which we sponsored.
Article V Convention: We have continued to alert our contacts in states where resolutions are pending. A resolution in New Hampshire to rescind their state’s application was overwhelmingly passed in committee and is expected to be passed by the full House. We were interviewed on an internet show hosted by Evan Mulch to discuss the Conference of States, and we continue to educate people about the dangers of an Article V Convention especially in the wake of the civil turmoil we are experiencing. We regularly sent E-mail alerts to our contacts in states when learning of hearing on pending resolutions. And, we had a letter to the editor published in the “Concord Monitor” last week on the subject.
Camp Constitution in the News: Our Christian flag lawsuit was back in the news in January, June, and in August, an article written by Jeff Jacoby appeared in the Boston Globe https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/30/opinion/christian-flag-boston-flagpole We were mentioned in several newspaper articles and Boston area TV stations due to our participation at Open Up Massachusetts Rallies.
Radio and Cable TV: I was a recent guest on the Dan Rae Show, a popular evening talk show on the 50,000-watt clear channel WBZ 1030. We were guests on numerous radio shows including the Ed Martin Movement Show with a national audience, several appearances on the Chris McCarthy Show which airs in the New Bedford, MA area.
The Lane House and Learning Center: We have hosted numerous events since January including barbecues mentioned above, and several video presentations, and host a monthly evening meeting and a monthly luncheon. In May, Rev Steve and Steve Craft moved in and have done an incredible job of outreach and influence.
Camp Constitution Ladies Group:
We held our first annual Ladies Retreat in October at the Singing Hills Camp with Barbara from Harlem as the guest speaker. The ladies group meets monthly at the Lane House in Lexington, MA. The group will be hosting weekend events in the Spring and Fall of 2021
Camp Constitution 2021:
We are looking forward to a productive year. Our family camp will return to the Singing Hills Christian Camp in Plainfield. NH from July 18-23, and we are accepting applications;
https://campconstitution.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Camp-Con-2021-Registration-Form.pdf
How you can help Camp Constitution grow:
* Keep Camp Constitution and our nation in your prayers.
* Become a donor. Monthly and/or one-time donations can be made via our PayPal account accessed from our website https://www.campconstitution.net
* Host one of our speakers.
*. Attend our family camp or sponsor a camper
* Subscribe, view and share our videos on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN7ME18Q1xiqcrPEn5h5FbA and on our newly created Rumble account:
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I want to thank all of you who make Camp Constitution possible, and my position of Camp Director possible. May God richly bless you in 2021.
Hal Shurtleff, Director
Camp Constitution
Alton, NH