The hubs and I went to see David Barton last Sunday night in Layton. I counted it as date night. David spoke about how the U.S. Constitution was inspired by God. This was to celebrate Constitution Day. As usual, he did an amazing job of presenting evidence for the claim. I’m sorry about the poor photo above, but it’s the best I could get sitting ten rows back from the stage. It will suffice until I can get the better photos from my husband’s phone.
Just who is David Barton? He is a collector of original, rare documents from the founding era of the United States, before 1812. He has over 120K docs. He has studied these documents and shares his knowledge about them via his website, wallbuilders.com, his Wallbuilders Live podcast, his books, and with his speaking tours. You can visit his museum of the rare documents in Texas by going here to schedule a tour. That’s definitely on my bucket list!
It was a wonderful event! We used to live in Layton, so I saw a few faces I know. That was fun! (Except, when I got back to the car, I scratched an itch under my nose and was horrified to discover a dried booger partly poking out of one of my nostrils. Ugh!!! I hope it somehow emerged after I greeted these old friends and not before!!!!) Years ago, David spoke in Layton for Constitution Day. He wowed the crowd with his ability to deliver an hour-long presentation with no notes, not stalling, and fast talking articulation. Last night was the same, except it was for about 30-45 minutes. He followed a musical number, a speech by former Utah Governor Gary Herbert, and a speech by Carlos Moreno, an immigrant who has become a U.S. Citizen. Carlos showed extreme gratitude for being able to move to the U.S. and live and work here. He said it is much better than his former home of Venezuela.
I found this video below that is similar to the presentation David gave on Sunday night. Besides, the top image, all the other images in this post are from that video.
I love that at the end, he repeated the challenge given by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay for every citizen of the U.S. to study the Constitution. Then we will know when our Constitution is being violated so we can call our officials out on it. See quote in image below (the image is not from the night I saw David speak, but from a similar presentation).
Tree of Life Mothering 