Constitution Ride Across America

Posted by Larry Miller on May 25, 2010 under How | Read the First Comment

A friend of mine, Daren Gardner, hadn’t been involved in the political scene until he saw the path our country was on a little more than a year ago. Like many others, the Tea Parties got him started and he has taken seriously his role as a citizen and the necessity of involvement that goes far beyond simply showing up at the polls.

When Matt Perdie came through the Richmond, VA area on his walk across the country to “protest and bring awareness to the dangers of big government growth and massive government spending”, Daren had the opportunity to sit down and chat with him. This conversation with the patriotic young man showed him what one man could do to spread the word of freedom.

From this meeting an idea was hatched in the mind of this Chesterfield County business man. He saw the Constitution disregarded daily in the beautiful historic buildings in our nations capital. What was even worse, he saw that many people were not even aware of what the Constitution said and why it is important. It occurred to him that if we are to survive as a free society, we needed to know about this founding document, and we have to live it.

The idea for the Constitution Ride Across America was born. The idea was to ride his motorcycle across the country, stopping off at each state capitol along the way to present a copy of the Constitution to a member of the state legislature. Rallies are planned at each stop along the way.

While it may seem like just some guy riding across the country, it takes a team to make this happen. I am honored to be part of this team, along with about a dozen others, doing such things as developing his web site, handling press relations, arranging routes and the like.

However that is just the beginning. Daren needs coordinators in every state capital in the lower forty-eight. He has some lined up, but needs several more. These coordinators can also use help in putting each rally together. Check out his web site at craa2010.com. If you can help, he’d love to hear from you. Even if you can’t help, mark the date on your calendar and come out to the rally at capitol near you.