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Supreme Court Post Oral Argument Press Conference for The Bladensburg WWI Veterans Memorial

February 27, 2019 • Photos & Video

Watch the Bladensburg WWI Veterans Memorial press conference following the February 27, 2019 oral argument at the Supreme Court. Kevin Bartlett, National Judge Advocate of The American Legion, and Kelly Shackelford, President of First Liberty, discuss the importance of saving the memorial and of preventing other veterans memorials from facing […]

First Liberty Institute’s Kelly Shackelford Statement on Today’s Supreme Court Oral Arguments in The American Legion v. American Humanist Association

February 27, 2019 • Press Releases

Washington, DC—The following statement may be attributed to Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, and Chief Counsel to First Liberty Institute: “One hundred years ago, mothers who lost their sons in World War Ihttps://firstliberty.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=16894&action=edit#edit_timestamp chose to design a memorial resembling their sons’ gravestones – the Peace Cross. Tearing down this WWI Veterans […]

Foxnews Bladensburg Interview

Fox and Friends Bladensburg WWI Veterans Memorial Interview

February 27, 2019 • Photos & Video

Fox and Friends interviews Kelly Shackelford to discuss the Supreme Court’s consideration of the Bladensburg WWI Veterans Memorial. Want to be the FIRST to know the latest on Bladensburg? Follow us on social media for breaking updates!     

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‘Peace Cross’ memorial at center of landmark Supreme Court fight over religious displays

February 26, 2019 • In the News

By Shannon Bream, Bill Mears | Fox News OBLADENSBURG, Md. – The war memorial has seen better days. Sitting in a traffic circle in the Washington suburbs, the Bladensburg Peace Cross as it is known has large cracks in its tan concrete and pink granite. Water damage has stained the […]

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The Bladensburg Peace Cross is part of our family

February 26, 2019 • In the News

By: Alvergia Guyton & Mary Laquay Our uncles died less than 40 days before the end of World War I. Though we never met them, we will never forget what they meant to our family, community, and nation. But now, unless the Supreme Court intervenes, the memorial bearing their name […]

Fox News

World War I ‘Peace Cross’ deserves Supreme Court protection and so do other veteran memorials across US

February 25, 2019 • In the News

By: Jeremy Dys, Deputy General Counsel for First Liberty Institute Peter Jackson’s documentary “They Shall Not Grow Old” brings to life the men who actually fought in World War I. The silent, grainy, gray films from a century ago have long felt too remote and distant to convey the power, intensity […]

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