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Back row—Melton, Floyd, Truman and Willis Powell

Front—Gertrude, Fleta, Thelma, Betty and Winnie Powell 

Willis, Thelma And Truman Powell

Left to right

Betty, Fleta, Winnie and Thelma. (Winnie said)

Thelma, Fleta, Winnie and Betty Powell

We the people...

in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America..

Government of the people, by the people, for the people.

We have been hearing much about the United States Constitution lately. I was thinking today about what I have been hearing. Years ago, if I had questions I would go to a book for answers.  Today, we mostly all take our questions to Google.  I am somewhat doubtful that I have ever actually read our Constitution. Today, I did. Have questions? Read... The US Constitution for yourself at your US Senate website.

I found the introduction to the Constitution found here   https://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm  really informative and I am pasting it below.

Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and in operation since 1789, the United States Constitution is the world’s longest surviving written charter of government. Its first three words – “We The People” – affirm that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens. The supremacy of the people through their elected representatives is recognized in Article I, which creates a Congress consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The positioning of Congress at the beginning of the Constitution affirms its status as the “First Branch” of the federal government. ---

For over two centuries the Constitution has remained in force because its framers successfully separated and balanced governmental powers to safeguard the interests of majority rule and minority rights, of liberty and equality, and of the federal and state governments. More a concise statement of national principles than a detailed plan of governmental operation...

 My father instilled in my soul that pursuing knowledge was paramount to life. Read, and Know...

                Freedom’s Chance

Shackled and Chained

Yoked and Bound,

Yearning for freedom,

New worlds, new ground.

 

Loosen just one chain,

And give a fleeting glance,

Of new worlds, new land,

And freedom’s chance.

 

Then comes a vow,

He’ll never again be found

Shackled and Chained,

Yoked and Bound.

  

 Fleta Aday, 1996 

Inspired by Charles Powell's Revolutionary War record