350th Anniversary of the
Flushing Remonstrance: 1657-2007
A celebration of a document and the principles it embodies
The Flushing Remonstrance was a forerunner to the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution that gives people the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. On December 27, 1657, it was signed by 30 Flushing residents who risked fines and banishment imposed by Governor Peter Stuyvesant in order to state their call for freedom
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- The Constitution of the United Sates of America
- Wars occur because people prepare for conflict, rather than for peace -Trygve Lie 1948
- iraq coalition casualties
- IMAGINE PEACE
