An American Midsummer Night’s Reflection: Freedom

Inside the First Amendment

By Gene Policinski
First Amendment Center vice president/executive director

OK, so Memorial Day and July 4th have gone by, it’s about six weeks until Constitution Day, the anniversary of the Bill of Rights doesn’t arrive until Dec. 15 … and it’s the middle of summer.

None of those annual calendar prompts are conveniently available to cause us to celebrate America’s basic freedoms … and it’s the middle of summer, for gosh…