Posted on 11/11/2001 8:33:42 AM PST by Constitution Scholar
On November 12, 2001, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, a nation-wide group of citizens will launch "Operation Enduring Patriotism", to require the teaching in the nation’s schools of the history, meaning, effect and significance of every provision of the Declaration of Independence, the federal constitution and the state constitutions.
At the heart of this initiative is a proposed model statute to be adopted by each state. A copy of the of the proposed state statute, "An Act for Enduring Patriotism," is available on the Foundation's web site at http://www.givemeliberty.org/ENDURE/modelact.htm. The purpose of Operation Enduring Patriotism is to have the statute passed into law in each of the fifty states.
"Patriotism needs to be more than ‘flag deep’ if the great American experiment in self-government is to endure," said Bob Schulz, Chairman of the Foundation. " America’s founding principles and values stand a much better chance of lasting if we address civic illiteracy – a domestic enemy."
Founder George Mason said, "No free government, or the blessings of liberty can be preserved to any people, but by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles."
The program will start at 9 a.m. and end at 11 a.m. Among those people who will speak in support of and help launch Operation Enduring Patriotism will be Dr. Alan Keyes and General Raymond G. Davis, USMC (Retired), a Medal of Honor recipient and America’s most decorated veteran, living. A copy of the agenda can be viewed on our web site at http://www.givemeliberty.org/ENDURE/npc-agenda.htm.
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SONYA ROSS, Associated Press
NEW YORK (November 11, 2001 10:50 a.m. EST) - Honoring veterans at a Sunday breakfast, President Bush said he hopes the Sept. 11 attacks and the battle against terrorism will give Americans a deeper appreciation for the soldiers, sailors and pilots who have defended the United States through its history.
"America has always needed such bravery and such people, and we've always found them amongst us," Bush said during a Veterans Day breakfast at a New York armory.
Bush planned to meet afterward with the presidents of South Africa, Argentina and Colombia before attending a ceremony at the site of the collapsed World Trade Center towers. The president was not scheduled to speak at the event, marking the two-month anniversary of the attacks.
He suggested that Veterans Day tributes are more emotional this year because of the rekindled respect Americans have developed for police, firefighters, postal workers and other public servants.
"We look a little differently at our veterans, too," Bush said. "Americans have seen the terrible harm that an enemy can inflict. It has left us deeply grateful for the men and women who rise strongly in the defense of our nation."
Later, in lower Manhattan, clergy from various faiths were to speak at the twin towers site. During a flag ceremony, actor Ron Silver was to read a roll call of nations that lost citizens in the attacks.
Bush said the ceremony was intended to help make the case that all world nations are in the fight against terrorism together, willingly or not. "If we were to read the names of every person who died, it would take more than three hours," Bush said.
He noted that the dead included a Gambian man who perished one day shy of his fourth wedding anniversary; a young Mexican who sent money home to his wife weekly without fail; and a Pakistani "who prayed toward Mecca five times a day" and gave his life trying to help others.
"Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th," Bush said Saturday. "We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children."
http://www.nando.net/nation/story/168264p-1615141c.html
You compared the teaching of American History to Soviet government propaganda.
After all, every politician has to sign a oath of office certifying that he will not work to against the Constitution, why shouldn't children be taught about how the national and State constitutions protect them?
There really is no good reason to object to study of the first principles!
I would imagin so. I don't imagin they would want to have young people learn that that the CFR was founded by a notorious Marxist for the purpose of bringing socialism to America.
American History is a subject that should be taught to all children in the US. American History begins with our founding documents. This is not a contradiction - teach the history as it happened not as you think it should be interpreted.
Not teaching it is propaganda by repression. It is censorship. Students have the right to know the facts.
Lessee. That ought to enlist the backing of the mainstream media, the NEA, the anti-war crowd.
The Pentagon is badgered daily for the "facts" by the media. The Teachers' Union lobbies constantly against censoring obscene literature. Anti-war activists protest for equal coverage of ideas...oops, got that wrong.
I have noticed that the "others" attribute their own characteristics to us. If they practice censorship, they think we will. If they hide the facts, if they repress opposition viewpoints, if they shout down freedom of speech, they think we will. I swear they are from another planet. They really don't think like we do.
Unfortunately, following the same paradigm, we think they think like us. We support the same rights to everyone. While we see this as equality, they interpret this as weakness. Equality arms the opposition, levels the playing field, lets them confront false ideas. You can't win with that kind of competition. And winning is everything.
The Bill of Rights could be taught through Bernard Schwartz and Edwin Webb's The Roots of the Bill of Rights with the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers.
Some might say that this course would be too hard for high school kids. If it is, then they shouldn't be allowed to vote until they have taken it in college or elsewhere.
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