Show sr PROTECTOR tho nation has just observed constitution week it wa was s sponsored by the american legion which carries on continuous work in ill tile interest 0 of f better americanism in those these trying times dines it will benefit every citizen if lie he looks backward into the nations past ono hundred and ana fifty eight Igl lt years ago the revolution came to nn an end A handful of patriots who had suffered groat great privations for long years of war to brook break the bonds of governmental oppression marched homo home shortly afterwards they established tile the united states of america and for tho the first time it in world history liberty and equality became the fundamental governmental principles of a great n nation a there Is danger that in ill our effort to obtain temporary benefits and favors in ili order to meet a periodic depression pres slon C casual embarrassment in the life of a nation as thomas jefferson described it wo we as a people will lose part of the great heritage that was handed down to us by our forefathers today the constitution Is under attack critics would have believe that it has outlived its useful usefulness and Is only a scrap of paper if tile the constitution Is outmoded so Is liberty so is tile the right to the pursuit of happiness so Is the right to ownership of property and the privilege and duty of working and saving for ones self tile the constitution deals with tile tho basic principals of liberty equality and freedom from oppression oppress lon which are as timeless as the seas every american citizen should resolve to do all in ili his power to maintain constitutional liberty liberty which was won with blood of our ancestors |