It was signed on February 17, 2010, at a public library (Collingwood Library and Museum) in Fairfax County, Virginia, a location chosen after the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, which owns Mt.
Vernon, turned down the group's request to hold a meeting at Mr. Washington's estate.
[2] The statement reads, in part: We recommit ourselves to the ideas of the American Founding.
Through the Constitution, the Founders created an enduring framework of limited government based on the rule of law.
They sought to secure national independence, provide for economic opportunity, establish true religious liberty and maintain a flourishing society of republican self-government.