Formation
On 22 September 1922, in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Adams, Louis A. Coolidge, together with a small group of Massachusetts residents, founded the Sentinels of the Republic, an organization they intended to serve as a defense against unconstitutional legislation. The Sentinels were particularly concerned with protecting the rights of the States, limiting government's interference with and regulation of business, and combating the threat of international communism.
The founding principles of the Sentinels were:
- "To maintain the fundamental principles of the American Constitution."
- "To oppose further Federal encroachment upon the reserved rights of the States."
- "To stop the growth of socialism."
- "To prevent the concentration of power in Washington through the multiplication of administrative bureaus under a perverted interpretation of the general welfare clause."
- "To help preserve a free republican form of Government in the United States."
The organization's motto was: Every citizen a Sentinel: every home a sentry box!
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