LETTER: Here’s hoping 45 words stand tall in hearts, minds

Melissa Sullivan — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:41:06 -0500

By Ronald K.L. Collins
First Amendment scholar

Venture down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol and you will see a 74-foot marble tablet affixed to the Newseum, which opens today. On that stone tablet are the 45 words of the First Amendment. It took more than two centuries to bring that public-service message to our nation’s capitol in a bold way. Now, at long last, the message is there for everyone to see and reflect upon the meaning of the five freedoms — freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition.

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LETTER: Here’s hoping 45 words stand tall in hearts, minds