Mount Vernon Statement
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The Mount Vernon Statement is a statement affirming the United States Constitution, particularly in response to the rise of progressivism in the United States.[1] It was inspired by the Sharon Statement.
It was signed on February 17, 2010, at a public library (Collingwood Library and Museum) in Fairfax County, Virginia, a location chosen after the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, which owns Mt. Vernon, turned down the group's request to hold a meeting at Mr. Washington's estate.[2]
The statement reads, in part:
We recommit ourselves to the ideas of the American Founding. Through the Constitution, the Founders created an enduring framework of limited government based on the rule of law. They sought to secure national independence, provide for economic opportunity, establish true religious liberty and maintain a flourishing society of republican self-government.
Original signers
- Edwin Meese
- Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America
- Edwin Feulner
- Lee Edwards, who was present at the signing of the Sharon Statement
- Tony Perkins
- Becky Norton Dunlop, president of the Council for National Policy
- Brent Bozell
- Alfred S. Regnery, publisher of The American Spectator
- David Keene
- David M. McIntosh
- T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
- Grover Norquist
- Bill Wilson
- Elaine Donnelly,[3] president of Center for Military Readiness[4]
- Richard Viguerie
- Ken Blackwell
- Colin Hanna, president of Let Freedom Ring[5]
- Kathryn Jean Lopez
References
- ^ Hallow, Ralph Z., "Conservative Manifesto Makes Bid to Reunify", The Washington Times, February 15, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
- ^ Lepore, Jill (2012). The Story of America: Essays on Origins. Princeton University Press. p. 85.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2002-03-28. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ cmrlink.org
- ^ letfreedomringusa.com