Tea Party II, "Spirit of 1776"

A great American, a great Mississippian, and a great Jones Countian, Judge Charles Pickering will address the crowd. Judge Pickering has served our Country and State as a Federal Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, President of the Mississippi Southern Baptist Convention, Senator in the Mississippi Legislature, City Prosecutor for the City of Laurel, and many other honors.

June 30, 1776 members of the Continental Congress were arriving in Philadelphia and preparing for the next few days, which would result in a Declaration of Independence. They were weighing in their minds and hearts the gravity of their upcoming actions, which would basically lead to the signing of a death warrant if caught by the British. Today, we are wanting to restore the same spirit of the Founders without severing the ties from the U.S. Constitution; we want to return to the U.S. Constitution. With that Spirit in mind, let us make our own mark and pledges to Posterity.