From Libertarian Wiki

Contents 1 Bill of Rights Day 1.1 Some quotes from JPFO 1.2 The motivation for Bill of Rights Day is 2 What are you doing locally? 2.1 New York 2.2 Other Ideas from the JPFO site

Bill of Rights Day

It's been proclaimed an official day by some towns and states. It's December 15.

There's a group that promotes it and has some ideas about what you can do that day for outreach at http://www.jpfo.org/jpfobor.htm

They are: Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership, Inc. P.O. Box 270143 Hartford, WI 53027 Phone (262) 673-9745 Fax (262) 673-9746

Some quotes from JPFO

"Bill of Rights Day would annually remind America of how its history and philosophy have produced the rights which oppressed peoples everywhere still long for."

On December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified and has since protected American citizens for 204 years. We should celebrate December 15 every year.

at the library: Suggest that they put out a Bill of Rights display during the week leading up to Dec. 15

The motivation for Bill of Rights Day is

• To educate Americans about the Bill of Rights
• To preserve all of the Bill of Rights for all citizens

What are you doing locally?

New York

2002: Andrea Snell organized an event at Union Square (NYC), where we had an OPH booth (Operation Politically Homeless).

2004: We didn't have any events in NY, but we linked from our website to a website sponsoring a dog sled taking the Bill of Rights to Nome, http://www.rightstonome.com/

What makes a good location?

• indoors (it's cold now up here)
• there's foot traffic
• there's some a logical connection: like a gov't building?

What could we talk about?

• your rights
• the PATRIOT ACT
• Eminent Domain
• USBP checkpoints (a North Country issue)

French translation http://www.jpfo.org/bor_french.htm Spanish translation http://www.jpfo.org/bor-span.htm All their translations: http://www.jpfo.org/bor.htm

You can get comic books from JPFO and a poster.

Other Ideas from the JPFO site

• Have a little party, with a flag cake.

• Sign a Card to our Police - Kids can sign and decorate a card addressed to your local police officers, thanking them for protecting All of the Bill of Rights for All Citizens. Deliver it to the police or a local library for posting.

• Decorations and Novelties: The JPFO Bill of Rights Day Poster; Red, white and blue streamers, with similar colored cups and plates; party poppers (save for last, after successfully playing games); cookies with red, white and blue M&Ms baked in; red, blue and clear ice cubes (use Kool Aid as color).

• Videos: The best for kids is probably Johnny Tremaine, a Disney film (call video stores to locate it) about a boy during the Revolutionary War. For ages 13 and up, the first episode ("Arrival") or second episode ("Chimes of Big Ben") of The Prisoner TV series (on video), casts a timeless light on the quest for freedom. For older teens and adults, The Patriot with Mel Gibson (rated R).