Camp Constitution Report For the 1st Quarter of 2024
Camp Constitution in the News
Our lawsuit “Shurtleff v Boston” continues to be mentioned in the news around the United States. Cities and towns across the United States cited our case when passing ordinances banning all third-party flags including Lockhaven, PA, Enfield, CT and LaRue, TX. While other towns and cities, due to our case, have allowed the flying of Christian, and Pro-Life flags including Waltham, MA, Hartford, CT and Nashua, NH. In early January, Tucker Carlson aired his interview with Camp Constitution instructor Professor Willie Soon. Professor Soon gave a two-minute unscripted, from the heart, infomercial for Camp Constitution’s annual family camp. It resulted in over 50,000 views on our website, $2,200 in unsolicited donations, a batch of books orders from our on-line shop, and a number of new families signing up for our camp.
Christian flag flying over the Capitol Building Hartford, CT
Camp Constitution on the Air
We had two appearances on the Tamara Scott Show which airs on Frank Speech, two appearances on the Pro-America Report hosted by Ed Martin of the Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, an appearance on the Chris McCarthy Show on WBSM New Bedford, and for the first time, an appearance on the George Hale–Ric Tyler Show on WVOM FM Maine. We also appeared as a guest on Chattin with Janine- TV Show which airs on Merrimac, NH’s cable station, and hosted by New Hampshire State Rep Janine Notter. We also co-hosted a show on the newly rebooted Cathcing Fire News
Special Projects
Camp Constitution was invited to participate in a flag raising ceremony of Resurrection Sunday in front of Nashua, NH’s City Hall. The event was sponsored by Nashua residents Beth Scaer and Marc Vatter.
Thanks to two generous donors, we were able to run radio spots promoting the Sam Blumenfeld Archive and the Ladies Weekend Retreat on WRKO, the most popular AM talk radio show in New England, and WORD Radio WSEW in Rochester. The spots also ran free on New Hampshire Gospel Radio WVNH, WANH, and WJNHA link to the radio spot: https://youtube.com/shorts/CC7MaLHpQPQ?si=3wzZlG6P49CQ6NU6
YouTube, and Rumble
We received 280,000 views this quarter-the most we have ever received in a three-month period, as well as 6,600 new subscribers giving us close to 15,000 subscribers. According to YouTube, only four percent of channels have over 10,000 subscribers. Our Rumble channel had 2,036 views and 800 likes. If you haven’t already, please subscribe to these two channels and share the videos:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN7ME18Q1xiqcrPEn5h5FbA
https://rumble.com/account/content?type=all
Camp Constitution Radio on Podomatic and Other Platforms
Since January 2015, our 30-minute radio show has been airing on WBCQ The Planet, and for the past six years, we have uploaded our shows on Podomatic, and linking the show to Amazon, I-Heart, Spotify, and several other platforms. For this quarter we have received 481 plays and 1,077 downloads of our shows. We continue to be in the top ten for the category of conservative-right. In addition to our weekly show, we have uploaded some classic interviews and speeches by the likes of Dan Smoot, Gary Allen, and E. Merrill Root. A link to our show: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal
Camp Constitution Press
We published The Racist Roots of Planned Parenthood and Its Legacy of Death and Art and Revolution, and we had another printing of Alpha-Phonics, and The 1928 U.S. Army Manual.
Speakers Bureau
We had 15 speaking engagements including several first time venues. Topics included Agenda 21, What is Camp Constitution, and The Racist Roots of Planned Parenthood, and CRT or Crazy Racist Trash
Website
Thanks to Willie Soon’s interview, we received more traffic to our website than ever before. For the first quarter, we had 63,000 views and 21,500 visits on the site.
Sam Blumenfeld Archives
164,279 Hits with 600 Alpha Phonics workbooks downloaded. As mentioned above, we reprinted 200 copies of Alpha Phonics and ran 30-second promotional spots on WRKO-AM
The Blumenfeld Archives
Facebook Page
We have 3,200 likes and over 3,500 following our page. We also manage six other groups and one other page-all of them growing in members
Stopping An Article V Convention
We testified against HCR 8 a resolution introduced by the far-left group Wolf PAC in New Hampshire’s House and it was soundly defeated, and we testified in favor of HCR 9, a resolution to rescind New Hampshire’s only Article V application. It passed the House by a voice vote which surprised many pundits, and it goes before the NH Senate. In Maine, we helped defeat a resolution for an Article V Convention. On the morning before the vote, we appeared as a guest on WVOM-the Voice of Maine to discuss the issue. A link to the interview: https://youtu.be/g72_f6vk1ts?si=7R8Mg2aog5ZRFBVr
Looking Into the 2nd Quarter
We will be busy the next three months with the 4th Annual Ladies Retreat April1-14, two homeschool shows, Patriot’s Day Overnight at the Lane House, a speaking tour for Vince Ellison, and several speaking engagements in NH and MA.
Our 16th Annual Family Camp
We not only expect a full house, but we had to rent a nearby house to accommodate the overflow. While there is still room, if you plan on attending, please get your applications in as soon as possible: https://campconstitution.net/camp-registration/ Early Bird Special: Apply for camp by May 1 and receive $50. off of each camp fee.
How You Can Help
Pray for our nation and for Camp Constitution.
Host a Camp Constitution speaker.
Subscribe to our YouTube and Rumble channels and follow us on Podomatic.
View and share our videos and podcasts.
Make a monthly donation or a one-time donation. Donations may be made via our PayPal account accessed from our website’s homepage https://www.campconstitution.net
If you own a business or are involved with a non-profit, consider a sponsorship for a minimum of $100. A year.
A thanks to all of you who have helped make our camp program possible and my position possible.
Blessings.
Hal Shurtleff, Director
Camp Constitution