For Immediate Release

April 15, 2010

American Patriots Gather On the Banks of the Potomac to Demand

That Their Government Abide by the Constitution
“Law s are m ade for m en of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary
rules of com m on sense. Their m eaning is not to be sought for in m etaphysical subtleties w hich m ay m ak e
anything m ean everything or nothing at pleasure.”

-- Thom as Jefferson, 1823, Letter to William Johnson

April 19, 2010 marks the 235th anniversary of the day when American colonials in Massachusetts stood shoulder-to-
shoulder on the green at Lexington and at the Old North Bridge in Concord to stand against British Regulars who had
come to seize their guns, ammunition, and other supplies.

Thus began the War for American Independence.

This April 19th, freedom-loving Americans from all walks of life will gather on both banks of the Potomac to peacefully
demand that their government abide by the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The Restore The Constitution rally
[ http://restoretheconstitution.wordpress.com/about/ ] will assemble at Fort Hunt National Park near Mount Vernon and
Gravelly Point Park across the Potomac from the Washington Memorial -- some of them legally armed (loaded sidearms,
unloaded and slung rifles) -- to hold a peaceful demonstration with a single, simple message:

RESTORE THE CONSTITUTION – NOW!

According to the Restore The Constitution organizers:

“We want to remind Americans that they have a basic human right to keep and bear arms – both for self-
defense and to preserve individual freedom – that is not only enshrined in the Bill of Rights, but is
protected only by Americans’ willingness to actually ex ercise that right. Just as is true with free speech,
freedom of assembly, and every other right guaranteed by the Constitution – if you don’t insist on your
Constitutional freedoms by exercising them in public, you w ill lose them.”

In 1788, with the ratification vote by New Hampshire, the Constitution was adopted as the supreme law of the land. The
Bill of Rights, as ratified by Virginia in late 1791, placed additional essential limitations on the powers of the government
created by the Constitution. Together, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights set forth very specific limited powers for the
Federal government, while also providing crucial protections for both individuals and the states from attempts by the
Federal government to step outside those limits.
Over the years, as the nation grew and prospered, American citizens became lax in their vigilance against the slow and
continuous encroachment of government into their private lives and affairs. Over the past 100 years, all three branches
of the Federal government have stepped far beyond the clearly-articulated and mandatory boundaries set by the
Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

With the actions taken in recent years by power-hungry Republican and Democratic politicians (examples include the
bank bailouts in TARP, the automobile manufacturers’ bailout, and the recent healthcare mandate) and activist Federal
judges (example: the Kelo decision), more and more Americans have had enough. They have awakened, and they notice
with increasing dismay as leading politicians in both the White House and Congress disregard and even openly mock the
supreme law of the land. Today’s patriots also recognize that when the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are interpreted
consistently to justify the expansion of government and to mean whatever those in power say it means, we are headed
towards a return to life as subjects under the thumb of tyrants.

The American citizens who gather this April 19th at the Restore The Constitution rally will openly and safely carry their
firearms as they peacefully assemble – as close to Washington, DC as possible – to proclaim their grievances and demand
redress from their servant politicians and officials. In short, every one of the participants in the Restore The Constitution
events will each be exercising God-given human rights explicitly acknowledged by the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of
Rights. As the Restore The Constitution organizers put it:

“Can you imagine what the Founders would have said if they knew, after all of the blood and the pain of
the recent revolution, that to enter the Federal governmental district created by the Constitution, American
citizens would have to completely disarm themselves while petitioning their servants in government? The
Founders would not have tolerated such arrogance by public officials, and they would have asked today’s
Americans some pretty tough questions as to why we accept such behavior.”

Undoubtedly, there will be those in the media and government who will mischaracterize these loyal Americans as racist
“haters,” bigots, right-wing extremists, domestic terrorists, and similar epithets. Those slanderous accusations are
completely false, and the men and women who will gather on the banks of the Potomac on April 19th are nothing of the
sort. The participants in the Restore The Constitution event are patriotic, everyday Americans who simply insist that their
government respect the rights guaranteed by and obey the limitations imposed by the supreme law of the land – the
United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

For more information on the Restore The Constitution rally, please contact Daniel Almond at 404-788-9735 or
danieljalmond2004@gmail.com.