On March 6 I attended my dad’s monthly Convention of States District Captain meeting in the town where I grew up, historic Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The meeting was held at the Jenney Museum, a building built in 1749 with a rustic interior, exposed beams, wide pine floors, and furniture hailing from the birth of our nation. The owners, Leo and Nancy Martin, have graciously offered their museum to local District Captain Bob Colburn as the venue for this monthly meeting.
Somehow, I don’t think there could have been a more appropriate setting to hold a COS meeting.
It was just over 400 years ago that the Pilgrims met nearby in a similar setting to write and formalize the Mayflower Compact, an early precursor to our Constitution.
William Bradford writes about this document in Of Plymouth Plantation, which he and other Pilgrim leaders established to define the settlement’s “laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices.” Unbeknownst to these early settlers, the course that they were setting in 1620 would help establish our U.S. Constitution, a steadfast and unwavering example to the world on how a nation can establish “a more perfect union.”
The room was full of COS volunteers and supporters eager to push back against an increasingly tyrannical federal government. Pre-meeting discourse centered on the onslaught of executive orders and radical legislation being forced upon an unreceptive electorate.
As a relatively new District Captain, Bob Colburn is making his monthly Saturday morning District Captain meetings a tradition around Plymouth and other nearby Cape Cod towns. His passion for this country and our history was nurtured from a young age by his parents, and over the decades manifested into a participation in historical re-enactments.
In the last decade, however, Bob’s passion for his country has grown into a mission to defend liberty, the Constitution, and the principles that make our country great. As an early member of Tea Party Patriots, the opportunity to reenact that historic evening by dumping tea into Boston Harbor never presented itself to him, but I have no doubt he would have been there if it had.
Similar to others being held across the country, the meeting held no less historical significance than those of our earliest patriots. The U.S. Constitution and all that it represents has been under a covert attack for decades, but now that attack is being waged openly by aggressors, both seen and unseen.
Like all of his meetings, Bob Colburn formatted this one to educate citizens about how to defend against this attack. The theme for today’s meeting demonstrates how those who oppose COS engage in a campaign of fear, uncertainty, and doubt in order to destroy the COS movement.
Mark Marshall, who serves nearby as a Convention of States District Captain, asked Bob about concerns such as “runaway conventions” and the myth that George Soros is funding COS in order to rewrite our Constitution.
Mark and Bob’s knowledge of Article V and their preparation for today were evident, and it generated a lively question-and-answer session from the supporters in the audience. The attendees walked away with the knowledge to support the intent and constitutionality of holding an Article V Convention of States.
Through Convention of States, Bob Colburn--like many other patriots around our country--is inspiring many to fight against tyranny. He is inspiring many to stand up for the principles of individual freedom and equality of opportunity. These are principles that inspire people from around the world to risk life and limb to become a part of this great nation.
Bob is inspiring many to support a constitutional process gifted to us in Article V of the U.S. Constitution by our Founding Fathers to restore sovereignty where it belongs: with the people. The meeting was part of a much larger and growing grassroots movement, where millions across our great nation feel it vital to conserve our freedoms.
The small group of settlers in Massachusetts envisioned the idea of freedom and equality within the Mayflower Compact of 1620. That vision is now in danger.
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