Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Joe Willie On The Shrimpbox: Brunswick's Freedom Shrine

Every year the Exchange Club of Brunswick installs a Freedom Shrine in a public location in our community. You may have seen these Freedom Shrines at various schools and other facilities. The Freedom Shrine has framed copies of our country's most important historical documents. You'll see the Declaration Of Independence, The Constitution, The Magna Carta, The Gettysburg Address, The Bill Of Rights, and many other documents that have shaped our nation. Yesterday A new Freedom Shrine was placed at Jane Macon Middle School. I think that the Freedom Shrine should have a little more local flavor. It should have documents that have shaped that community's past and continue to help steer it into the future. It is my belief that any Freedom Shrine in Brunswick should have a few more documents added. Here is my proposed Top 5 Additions to the Brunswick Freedom Shrine:

5. The paperwork for Cap Fendig to have his name legally changed to Prez Fendig.

4. Mayor Bryan Thompson deeding the city to the developers of Liberty Harbor in his own Deal Or No Deal.

3. Joe Willie's Birth Certificate proving that "The Hardest Workin' Portagee In Show Business" is indeed an American Citizen.

2. The first dirty magazine that the late City Commissioner Ken Plyman ever sold.
(This document will be covered by a plain brown wrapper.)

And the top new addition to the Brunswick Freedom Shrine...
The receipt for Brunswick Police Chief Edna Johnson's new "irrigate" sprinkler system.

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