As an instructor regarding the United States Constitution, I have the opportunity to talk to many people regarding American Liberty. I have found that people who seem to appreciate our liberty the most are those who have come to the United States from other countries.
Last April, I participated in the University of Southern California Festival of Books. The massive event on the USC campus was about as eclectic as they get. Near the booth I shared with two other authors, who held similar interests regarding American History, were also booths for communism, socialism, atheism, mysticism, “street art,” and black magic. Participants at the event also revealed a vast array of interests and opinions.
Our booth was decorated with the Grand Union Flag, of which George Washington also called the “Continental Colors.” A large number of folks, upon approaching our station, asked us why we had the Flag of Hawaii draped across the front of our table. We explained the difference, such as, unlike the Flag of Hawaii the stripes are all red and white, without any blue stripes, and that the British Union Jack in the Grand Union Flag is without the “Red X” of St. Patrick’s cross (representing Northern Ireland in the flag).
The most critical visitors to our table, after glancing over my two books on the United States Constitution (25 Myths of the United States Constitution and The Basic Constitution) and my pro-life book (Silenced Screams), as well as John L. Hancock’s “Liberty Inherited,” and Arthur Siccan’s “What’s Wrong in America,” tended to be middle-aged white academics. Those most supportive tended to have an accent, which betrayed the fact that they were immigrants.
A person that’s been in the U.S. for 15 years recently told me, “Americans don’t appreciate, or understand, their liberty like they should. This country’s freedom is unmatched anywhere else in the world. That freedom is because of the Constitution, and people don’t even read it.”
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