Camp Constitution Report for the First Half of 2026
2026 has proven to be a busy and productive year so far for us.
Co-Sponsoring 7th Annual Patriot Camp in Rockport, Maine
This event held in late June and hosted by the Memorial Baptist Church is the result of the efforts of Jessicas Whitworth and Victoria It is a free three day camp for children ages 5-12 where they learn about our nation’s history and have much fun while doing so. This year, we averaged 25 campers per day. On the last day, campers recited the Declaration of Independence in Downtown Rockland, and then it ended with a barbecue.
Info Tables at Homeschoolers of Maine’s and Mas HOPE’s Annual Convention
We have been attending these two homeschool shows since 2010, and they have proven to be very productive venues for us.
For the first time since the Covid lockdown, the Homeschoolers of Maine returned to its Rockport venue with a three-day event for vendors. There were close to 400 attendees at the event. Victoria Buckland helped work the table giving Civics Savey tests to young people who visited the table. We donated numerous copies of “Alpha-Phonics” to young families. And we met a family of ten, and a family of three that will be attending our annual camp this year.
Mass Hope Homeschool Convention
This event is held in late April in historic Sturbridge< MA. We spoke to dozens of homeschoolers and those planning to home school where we introduced the Sam Blumenfeld Archives and Sam’s “Alpha-Phonics. And we distributed pocket copies of the U.S. Constitution. As a result of our donation of a camp “tuition” to their silent auction, we got two new campers.
Ladies Annual “Spring Fling”
Our annual ladies retreat took place at the Alton Bay Christian Conference Center Alton, NH in early May. It was a full weekend of speakers including author Michelle Gallagher, crafts, devotions and fellowship.
Keynote Speaker at Constitution Party of New Hampshire
Hal Shurtleff was the keynote speaker at the Constitution Party of New Hampshire’s state conference which took place on the birthday of George Washington. The topic: The Presidents of the United States and the Constitution
We also had seven speaking engagements in Aroostook County Maine in early April, and we spoke at a homeschool cooperative in Cornish, Maine.
YouTube and Rumble
Our channel had 221.100,000 views, giving us a total of 2.4 million. 540 new subscribers giving us a total of 17,540. We uploaded 126 videos on our YouTube channel.
Our Rumble channel received 7,371 views and uploaded 25. All time views 175,504 with 384 followers
Camp Constitution Report Podcast
We did ten shows including interviews of authors Dr. Chase Spears and Dr. Owen Andesron. Due to our show being listed by FeedSpot as one of the top 15 best Constitution based podcasts, we have received a number of invitations to interview authors and activists.
The Blumenfeld Archives
The Sam Blumefeld Archives:
728,500 hits with 680 “Alpha-Phonics” books and 325 Instruction Manuals downloaded
Podomatic
This is our platform for podcasts, our former radio show and classis and historical recording that included the Dan Smoot Report, Sam Blumenfeld’s lectures and many speeches by Gary Allen.
We received 71 plays and 790 downloads. May of our audios and videos have been embedded on websites. And we remain in the top ten for the category of conservative/right.
Website
We received 15,126 views and 5.4 thousand visitors. While the vast majority of the visitors are from the U.S, a good 20% come from around the world. We had eighty-one articles posted on the site. We are always looking for writers. Readers who would like to have their articles posted, please contact Hal Shurlleff at campconstitution1@gmail.com
Camp Constitution Media
We uploaded twenty videos which included interviews of the Gideons, a Tuttle Twins rep, a leader of a local chapter of Turning Point USA, and a professor of Revolutionary War history. we made a video of an Education Option Fair in Dover, NH. In early March, we attended the Rhode Island First Rally where we videotaped presentations by Ramona Bessinger, a public-school teacher whistleblower, and Matt Light, former player for the New England Patriots.
Camp Constitution in the Media:
We were return guests on SouthCoast Now hosted by Chris McCarthy which is heard in the New Bedford, MA area, return guests on the Tamara Scott Show, the Duke Pests Show and first time guests on “Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid” hosted by Pastotr David Whitney, and several others
Facebook
We had 9,246 views with 3.6 thousand followers.
Special Projects
We have been working with the Matrix Coalition; a New Hampshire group whose goal is to get copies of Guidebook to the Forefathers Monument and a framed poster of the monument into schools and libraries. So far this year, we donated copies of each to the Cornerstone Christian School in Ossipee and Prospect Mountain High School in Alton, NH.
We have been donating copies of James Perloff’s book Tornado in a Junkyard which refutes evolution to Christian youth groups.
Like last year, Freedom Project Academy will offer an essay with winners getting their fees for our annual family camp paid.
We got permission from the New Hope Chapel in Alton, NH to use a sizeable room in the church both to house the hard copy filed of the Sam Blumenfeld Archives but more importantly to start a literacy center using Sam’s “Alpha-Phonics.” Our plan is to have the room ready for reading classes in the fall.
Van Fund Raising:
In late February, we had to scrap our 2019 Van. We had over 180,000 miles and it needed a new transmission and other repairs that would have cost us well over $7,000. We raised over $22,00 and in late April, we purchased a 2026 Toyota Sienna costing us approximately $41,000. Thank you to all those who donated.
Looking into the 3rd Quarter:
We will have an information table at the August 1, Rededication of the Forefathers Monument in Plymouth, a trip to Aroostook Country to have an info table at the Crown of Maine Balloon Festival and speaking engagements and a float in the Alton Old Home Day Parade, an info table at OP Ed NH and, of course our annual family camp.
18th Annual Family Camp
Camp Constitution will hold its 18th Annual Family Camp at the Singing Hills Christian Camp https://www.singinghills.net/ Plainfield, NH. from Sunday July 12 to Friday July 17, 2026
Returning instructors include Pastor David Whitney of the Institute on the Constitution, Catherine White of The Constitution Decoded, Alex Newman, author and host of the Sentinel Report, Kurt Hyde, retired U.S. Air Force Lt, Col, and Rev. Steve Craft, Camp Constitution’s chaplain.
Guest instructor is Julie Wilkinson who played the ABORTION NURSE IN THE MOVIE “UnPlanned.” In addition to the classes, the camp will offer marksmanship courses, martial arts, hiking, basketball, volleyball, wiffleball, and optional field trip and swimming, chess, gaga and corn hole tournaments. Campers and staff end the day with an evening campfire.
Our theme: Celebrating our nation’s 250th Birthday
Camp Constitution’s annual camp is a family camp open to entire families, unaccompanied minors, and adults. The cost for the week, which includes lodging, meals and class handouts, is $300 for those 13 and over. $200. For campers 12 and under, and three and under with parents are free. The camp offers an “Early Bird” discount of $50, per person by registering by May 1. A link to the camp registration: https://campconstitution.net/camp-registration/
For more information contact Hal Shurtleff (857) 498-1309 campconstitution1@gmail.com
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