Posted on 02/15/2002 11:22:56 AM PST by A Navy Vet
Every so many years Americans wake up to the importance of our Armed Forces, and that time is here again. Veterans, current military, spouses, and Freepers, the time is right for our voices to be heard regarding the concerns we have about the future of our Republic and the ever-expanding government intrusion in our lives.
To this end, a couple military veterans here at Free Republic had the vision to create an ongoing educational outreach program to teach our citizens about our republican form of government, how government has extended itself beyond its mandated limits, and what needs to be done to push government, particularly the federal government, back inside its constitutional box.
Introducing: Veterans for Constitutional Restoration (VCR), Inc.
VCR is to be a non-profit, non-partisan Nevada corporation (articles) with the purpose and mission:
(1) To assist in the promotion of the General Welfare of the United States by serving as an educational resource center for serious research and other information about the Constitution of the United States and the founding documents in order to provide the pubic with access to these reports and studies; to make available educational materials on the Constitution to public, private and home schools, and to make available members to give lectures and lead discussions on the Constitution and founding documents; to foster, perpetuate and preserve via an ongoing educational outreach program conducted in the electronic media (including but not limited to radio, television, the Internet, etc.) to explain and teach people an appreciation of the republican form of government of this nation as defined in the Constitution of the United States, and the importance of restoring the governance of our nation to the precepts of the Constitution;
(2) to establish and maintain a collection of art and materials (including but not limited to paintings, sculpture, photos, writings, etc.) and related archival materials that reflect our heritage and Constitutional roots and provide for their display, both through regular exhibits and/or through the creation of a cyberspace museum;
(3) to educate the public about our founding documents and our heritage in electronic media (including but not limited to Radio, Television, the Internet, etc.);
(4) to provide entertainment and support to veterans and members of the U.S. Armed Forces via electronic media (including but not limited to radio, television, the Internet, etc.);
(5) to conduct programs which perpetuate the memory of deceased veterans and members of the Armed Forces;
(6) to sponsor or participate in activities of a patriotic nature;
(7) to provide support or otherwise assist corporations, organizations, institutions and individuals carrying on such activities which are consistent with the purposes of this corporation; and
(8) To review current and pending legislation for adherence to Constitutional law and original intent; and to engage in any other lawful activities permitted under Chapter 82 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS).
We are asking you to join us in this endeavor, because of the OATH that we all took, to PROTECT and DEFEND the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC. It is our time and our duty to remind Americans what so many have sacrificed and died for. Please help us to build a national organization that will promote the welfare of our military, educate Americans (especially students) on our true form of government, and reverse the governmental enroachment on our Constitutional rights!
Articles of Incorporation
Bylaws
Mission Statement
Membership Please contact Rodger Hunter at rhunter@vets4constrestore.org
Next public meeting of the VCR board of directors: Announcements
In addition, we will be creating a VCR Auxiliary for those who have no direct military connection but believe in our mission and would like to help.
Remember This?
''I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.''
''I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.''
Especially on a day when it appears that "President" Bush and the Congress are fast approaching the stripping of the federal government from our Constitution, and the Constitution from the people ... with the incredible destruction of the First Amendment via the so-called campaign finance reform bill(s).
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