Show 3 I 1 V I Jr LIBERTY'S ERTY'S BIRTHDAY y The birthday of the Amerl Amerl- tf type of freedom will be It throughout our country on Dece Dec the e ann anniversary ersary of the day on onI I filch ilch ch our Bill of Rights b became s I art of the constitution During these days when all free- free is threatened it is particularly tang Ung that the citizens of our coun- coun fJ have this opportunity to com com- borate orate an important birthday of ofa a l berty to erty-to to reflect on the history ol ot olI m l I bat aU generations before us have havene Ine ne to keep freedom alive in thise this t e r. r The day of December 15 I the ratification of the Bill Dill or of by the state of Virginia t s assent in 1701 1791 meant r at t three-fourths three of the states had I fled the Bill and it thus legally legally's s 's added to the constitution I his part of the constitution indes indes in- in udes des our guarantee of freedom of 3 gion freedom of speech freedom the of indi I press protection lai's lais tal's property trial by jury the jury the g 6 s which all lo loyal al Americans t ii have since then defended at all cost I IOn On this anniversary communities throughout our country will hold celebration in honor of the event The President will address the na nation nation na- na tion defense will hold na-I na special lecial ceremonies and schools will take advantage of the opportunity to instill the spirit of freedom inthe in inthe the he younger generation With years behind it the Bill of M Rights to most of us is no longer Just lust a law law law-it it is ingrained in our out and amid expressed in all our actions We Ye take it for grant granted d because because because be be- cause we always have had freedom out Dut we dont don't have any illusions about what our lives would be like liko lIko i if It th these e freedoms re r sud suddenly were were 1 snatched away Weve We've watched I. I freedom die in Poland in France in lu Russia and in Germany German Germany and we will never permit an any foreign nation nation na na- na I I tion Uon or UIl any group in our country to harm this sacred provision pro of oui our constitution upon which our way wa- of f life Ufe Is founded |