Minuteman Messages - 9/10
1. Proposition 3 & 4 Vote No
2. Remove sexually explicit books from school library bookshelves.
3. Events on the horizon
1. Proposition 3 & 4 Vote No
2. Remove sexually explicit books from school library bookshelves.
3. Events on the horizon
1. Vote “No” on Prop 3 “Right to Collective Bargaining” Amendment, by Renee McGuinessProp 3 goes beyond protecting workers’ rights to collectively bargain (form or join unions).
Here are three key points you should know before casting your vote on Prop 3 on the 2026 general election ballot:
1.) Employees don’t need Prop 3 to have the right to form or join a union. The right to collectively bargain is already protected under the First Amendment’s "right to assembly” clause.
2.) Prop 3 empowers unions, not employees. Prop 3 would prevent Vermont from ever giving workers the freedom to choose whether or not to join or financially support a union without risking their job.
3.) Prop 3 will exacerbate Vermont’s affordability issues. Prop 3 would reduce the Vermont Legislature's ability to enact reforms affecting collective bargaining over compensation and benefits for public sector employees (VT-NEA and VSEA), limiting options to address rising taxpayer obligations in the future.
For more information, visit VermontDailyChronicle.com and type “Prop 3” into the search bar.
Vermont Daily Chronicle Article on Proposition 3
Here are three key points you should know before casting your vote on Prop 3 on the 2026 general election ballot:
1.) Employees don’t need Prop 3 to have the right to form or join a union. The right to collectively bargain is already protected under the First Amendment’s "right to assembly” clause.
2.) Prop 3 empowers unions, not employees. Prop 3 would prevent Vermont from ever giving workers the freedom to choose whether or not to join or financially support a union without risking their job.
3.) Prop 3 will exacerbate Vermont’s affordability issues. Prop 3 would reduce the Vermont Legislature's ability to enact reforms affecting collective bargaining over compensation and benefits for public sector employees (VT-NEA and VSEA), limiting options to address rising taxpayer obligations in the future.
For more information, visit VermontDailyChronicle.com and type “Prop 3” into the search bar.
Vermont Daily Chronicle Article on Proposition 3
3. VSU - FUN-RAISING Party - Fri. Sept. 18 for
Vermont Stands Up and Vermont Back Porch invite all to United for Freedom!
Friday, September 18th 6:30 - 9:30 Meet new friends and reunite with old ones you've met along the way.
Live music performed by Amber DeLaurentis, national award-winning jazz vocalist
& Suzy Harris, soulful jazz/R&B
50/50 RAFFLE & PRIZES! - $20 In Advance - $25 @ The Door!
Vermont Stands Up and Vermont Back Porch invite all to United for Freedom!
Friday, September 18th 6:30 - 9:30 Meet new friends and reunite with old ones you've met along the way.
Live music performed by Amber DeLaurentis, national award-winning jazz vocalist
& Suzy Harris, soulful jazz/R&B
50/50 RAFFLE & PRIZES! - $20 In Advance - $25 @ The Door!
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970 US-2Middlesex, VT
Friday, September 18 • 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM LINK TO PARTY REGISTRATION DETAILS Watch the Teaser Video & Get Excited for Our PARTY! CLICK HERE: |
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Minuteman Messages - The 25 Anniversary of a day to remember, reflect and reignite national appreciation for the first responders when America was attacked on 9/11/01. Sign up for the 9/11 Memorial and Museum video and gather with others. God Bless America.
On Constitution Day, Sept. 17, federally funded businesses, including our schools are required to provide Constitutional education opportunities. Vthope.net/WElib provides something for all ages. Ask students and federal employees what they learned. Learn more about the Constitution and Bill of Rights with favorite musicians - Dolly Parton, Lee Greenwood, US Navy band and more. Enjoy a tune each day during Constitution week Sept. 17-23 conta.cc/3TiX5XT
Every school district should make plans for youth and adults to be represented at the Media Fest Oct. 2-3
Share this Minuteman Message with this link with 5 others. VTHope.net/Sept26
On Constitution Day, Sept. 17, federally funded businesses, including our schools are required to provide Constitutional education opportunities. Vthope.net/WElib provides something for all ages. Ask students and federal employees what they learned. Learn more about the Constitution and Bill of Rights with favorite musicians - Dolly Parton, Lee Greenwood, US Navy band and more. Enjoy a tune each day during Constitution week Sept. 17-23 conta.cc/3TiX5XT
Every school district should make plans for youth and adults to be represented at the Media Fest Oct. 2-3
Share this Minuteman Message with this link with 5 others. VTHope.net/Sept26
25 Anniversary of 9/11 on 9/11/26
Keelan: 25 years after the phone call from the Twin Towers, a widow is coping By Don Keelan, Aug. 24, 2026, VtDailyChronicle
For Mary Fitzgerand, her husband John, and their four children, the morning of September 11th started like most late-summer mornings. John had to be at work a bit early–he left home and arrived at the World Trade Center’s South Tower’s 95th floor well before 8 AM.
Mary was attending to her morning chores when a phone call came from a friend informing her that a plane had crashed into the WTC’S North Tower. Immediately, Mary turned on the TV; the news images were pure chaos and incomprehensible. Clarification was soon to come. Within minutes, Mary received a call from John, who described what he was witnessing from his office window. The North Tower was engulfed in smoke and flames. Then John looked west and told Mary another plane was heading directly at his tower, just below the 95th floor.
The words that John spoke to Mary, at that very moment, are exceptionally emotional and will not be shared by this writer. On the morning of Sept. 11th, John was a senior executive at a financial firm. He and his co-executive were responsible for ensuring that, during an emergency, all employees moved to a safe location. According to Mary, it is impossible to assess what he did. On Sept. 11th, the firm had approximately 500 employees at the WTC, and 350 made it to safety.
Mary was never officially informed that her husband was killed. Weeks later, the government provided her with some of John’s identifiable remains.
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1. GRASSROOTS VT - Let Us Remember, Reflect, and Reignite Concerns for America
Do you recall the shock that we all held realizing America was under attack? Thankfully not many have the deep wounds Mary Fitzgerald's family had. There were delayed trains, and stalled trafick, and many were spared the face of tragedy. Will we continue to unite our hearts, hold dear our Constitutional rights, and seek God's blessing for America?
Making time to remember 9/11 is a patriotic act. All Vermonters can find appreciation for our beautiful state, the bounty of the creator, and the values that have knit us together in community. STAND UP, Remember, Reflect, and Reignite appreciation for what we've had, and remember what together makes us strong, and find the reasons and support to say together - let's not let this happen again.
The 9/11 Memorial and Museum has been pulling the stories, the memories, and the reflections together each year. This year the 25th Annual 9/11 Memorial will have a new video released on 9/11/26 to any who request it. Sign up so it will come to you, and encourage others of your community to do the same. Click here
At Norwich University their 9/11 Memorial plans include having 3K flags spread about their campus for people to walk amidst and remember, reflect, and recommit to values that have held us together. At 10 pm they will have a whisper taps tribute. Though centrally located to the state, Norwich is not next door to most Vermont communities. You may like to consider arranging a similar 25th Anniversary 9/11 tribute. Create a 9/11 flag array, or designate a community flagpole or cemetery where people can gather to reflect at will or designate a time for a tribute.
Are there VFW and American Legion Members in your vicinity that might like to stir a gathering in your community? Other community leaders from scouts, churches, political groups, and selectboard and town hall may want to play roles, too. This 9/11 Memorial site may have suggestions for you.
God Bless America
Advocates for Vermont & Prayer
3. Constitution Day - Sept 17
On Constitution Day, Sept. 17, federally funded businesses and institutions are required to provide Constituition education oportunities. VTHope.club/welib provides resource suggestions for all ages. Plan to ask students and federal employees what they learned.
Sept. 17-23, celebrate our 239th Constitution Week. Play your favorite musicians - Dolly Parton, Chet Greenwood, US Naval Band and others - while you give your family, your classmates, your community members a refresher on the privileged freedoms the US Constitution and Bill of Rights have provided WE the PEOPLE. Are these really rights you want to see removed should the Communist agenda roll through Vermont? It will take prayer and unity to protect our freedoms.
Click here to read a bit while listening to favorite patriotic musicians. Make this a routine throughout Constitution Week - or all the way to mid November.
Click here to read a bit while listening to favorite patriotic musicians. Make this a routine throughout Constitution Week - or all the way to mid November.
4. How Do We Stand United?
What is happening to us? Our families and communities are being torn apart along ideological lines. Why is this happening and what can we do to heal the divide?
Join Us for Films & Social Media Reels Exploring These Questions
What is happening to us? Our families and communities are being torn apart along ideological lines. Why is this happening and what can we do to heal the divide?
Join Us for Films & Social Media Reels Exploring These Questions
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REGISTRATION & DETAILS: October 2nd Bridgewater Event: PRIVATE SCREENING REGISTRATION October 3rd Burlington Event: LINK TO REGISTER SPONSORS and other inquiries can reach us through our website: CONTACT FORM |
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MEDIA FEST SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Southern and Northern Vermont Venues
Friday, October 2nd:Bridgewater, Vermont 6:00 – 9:30 pm:
Private screening of the film
15 Days: The REAL Story of the Pandemic School Closures
with special guests, filmmaker Natalya Murakhver
& Dr. James Lindsay.
Beautiful, Intimate Setting. Casual Dining & Dessert Included.
Space is Limited:
Bridgewater Event: PRIVATE SCREENING REGISTRATION
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Saturday, October 3rd
Main Street Landing Film House Burlington, Vermont |
LINK TO REGISTER
1:00 – 3:30: Short Films & Social Media Reels
Keynote Address by Ken Pope on the Realities of Communism
Media To Inspire by Lily Tang Williams, Seth Fewer, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation & Vermont Stands Up
Panel Discussion with national speakers Dr. James Lindsay & Ken Pope, Soviet Union Defector: Raisa Murakhver, and
TPUSA Vermont Youth Chapter Leader: Seth Fewer
4:00 – 6:30 pm: Feature Film
15 DAYS: The REAL Story of the Pandemic School Closures
With Special Introduction by Director Natalya Murakhver
1:00 – 3:30: Short Films & Social Media Reels
Keynote Address by Ken Pope on the Realities of Communism
Media To Inspire by Lily Tang Williams, Seth Fewer, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation & Vermont Stands Up
Panel Discussion with national speakers Dr. James Lindsay & Ken Pope, Soviet Union Defector: Raisa Murakhver, and
TPUSA Vermont Youth Chapter Leader: Seth Fewer
4:00 – 6:30 pm: Feature Film
15 DAYS: The REAL Story of the Pandemic School Closures
With Special Introduction by Director Natalya Murakhver
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Board Panelist: Jennifer Richmond is a Board Member at the Institute for Liberal Values. She is an International Relations Specialist, supports liberalism and universal values and believes that we are at our best when protecting individual rights and freedoms.
Alison Despathy, Vermont Journalist, Radio Host, Vermont Stands Up board member and lobbyist for Vermonters for a Clean Environment. |
Link to our webpage to learn more:
vermontstandsup.org/united-we-stand-media-fest 15 Days Vermont Tour LINK TO REGISTER |
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Greetings, I'm helping disperse information to folks to stir Constitutional roots. Click this link vthope.net/Sept26short for a message we all should consider about the 25th Anniversary of 9.11, Constitution week 9/17-23, and the MediaFest Oct. 2-3. God Bless America and YOU. Please spread patriotic respect, consider forwarding this to others.