JUNE 13 RALLY IN WASHINGTON DC HAS BEEN CANCELED

SOME BAD NEWS:

I just got off the phone with Navy Seal Capt. Larry Bailey (Ret.) of Gathering of Eagles, and he told me that Gathering of Eagles and ProTroopEvents.com, regretfully, have no choice but to cancel the rally scheduled for June 13 on the National Mall in Washington D.C.

Capt. Bailey said that the reason he had to cancel the rally is because the wealthy individuals who had promised considerable funding failed to come through with the necessary funds - in other words, they turned out to be "all hat, no cattle."

This was very frustrating for him because if he had not relied on their word, which he thought was good, he could have tried to raise the needed funds another way - he has done two other rallies on the Mall and it takes a minimum of $75,000.00 to do it right, with a big stage, sound system, and all that goes with it.

We here at Oath Keepers regret that we will not be able to attend that rally as part of our outreach to spread the Oath Keepers message, and this also means we Oath keepers will not be meeting on June 14 (we had planned on an additional meeting the next day).

We hope that not too many of you had already scheduled transportation and rooms. Please pass on this information to anyone you know who had planned on attending.

SOME GOOD NEWS:

Oath Keepers is getting invitations from all over the country to speak at July 4 Tea Parties, and to hold oath ceremonies like we held at the Knoxville Tea Party on April 15 and at Lexington on April 19.

We will post announcements about those Oath Keepers speeches and oath ceremonies at July 4 Tea Parties just as soon as they are 100% confirmed (and once we are absolutely positive they are going forward).

Stewart Rhodes

Letter to My Son

I am a veteran. You can visit some of my work at http://www.restoretherepublic.org

My youngest son was in the Navy. He wanted to be a SEAL so prior to him going to training I made him a gift. As part of that gift I wrote the following in a letter to him in June of 2007:

Remember that the enemies of freedom are all around.

Remember that you have assumed the greatest responsibility called for by the Constitution.

Remember that good men have gone before you, and laid down their lives to continue this great experiment.

Remember to uphold your oath to defend, and protect the Constitution of the United States until the Good Lord relieves you of that duty.

"My soul is in my keeping. When I stand before God, I will not say that virtue was not convenient at the moment."
http://www.restoretherepublic.org