by Towers | Dec 18, 2024 | Documents & Essays
Celebrating Bill of Rights Day by Understanding the First Amendment’s Impact on Our Freedom Image of the National Archives Building by David Samuel May 19, 2010. The Charters of Freedom, including the Bill of Rights are preserved and on display here.A Charter of...
by Towers | Nov 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
A Story of The Bill of Rights Four years after the American War of Independence, James Madison was getting ready to attend the Constitutional Convention as one of Virginia’s delegates. The delegates were meeting to talk about how to improve the Articles of...
by Towers | Oct 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
All Aboard the Give Me Liberty Bus! The Liberty Bus is here to get fifth-grade students excited about civics. Imagine a museum or classroom on wheels. This bus helps kids understand the important role civics plays in our lives.”Civics” is about what rights...
by Towers | Sep 25, 2024 | Documents & Essays
When you think of the Constitution, you might think of a complex, hard-to-understand, stuffy old law. In reality, it is fairly straightforward without a lot of the legal jargon that is made in today’s contracts. However, parts of it can be more difficult to...
by Towers | Sep 18, 2024 | Documents & Essays
When you think of the Constitution, you might think of a complex, hard-to-understand, stuffy old law. In reality, it is fairly straightforward without a lot of the legal jargon that is made in today’s contracts. However, parts of it can be more difficult to...
by Towers | Sep 9, 2024 | Documents & Essays
When you think of the Constitution, you might think of a complex, hard-to-understand, stuffy old law. In reality, it is fairly straightforward without a lot of the legal jargon that is made in today’s contracts. However, parts of it can be more difficult to...
by Towers | Sep 4, 2024 | Documents & Essays
When you think of the Constitution, you might think of a complex, hard-to-understand, stuffy old law. In reality, it is fairly straightforward without a lot of the legal jargon that is made in today’s contracts. However, parts of it can be more difficult to...
by Towers | Aug 16, 2024 | Documents & Essays
Is the United States a Republic? Or a Democracy? Have you ever heard that the USA is a republic, a democracy, or both, and wondered what is true? This question is often debated, sometimes in very public spheres, by people who love this country and value the form of...
by Towers | Jun 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Why Nonprofits Like UWP Hold Events, Ask For Money, Need Volunteers and Also Sell Stuff United We Pledge FundraisingFor United We Pledge, Liberty Week—the week preceding and including Independence Day—is critical and pivotal for the rest of our year. It’s like a...
by Towers | May 13, 2024 | Documents & Essays
The Constitution: This Amazing Resilient Document Why do we have this document? Should it ever be changed, or even rewritten entirely? Jefferson once wrote about the idea of changing the United States Constitution, and indeed any perpetual body of laws. In this post,...