On this episode of Our American Stories, long before the Bill of Rights was drafted, a group of ordinary citizens in Queens, New York, made a bold stand for freedom. In 1657, they issued the Flushing Remonstrance, a petition demanding the right to worship without interference from government. Their words, written in a small colonial town, would echo more than a century later in the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious liberty. Larry Reed, President Emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education, tells the story of how this little-known document challenged persecution and laid the groundwork for the separation of church and state in America.

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<p>On this episode of Our American Stories, long before the Bill of Rights was drafted, a group of ordinary citizens in Queens, New York, made a bold stand for freedom. In 1657, they issued the Flushing Remonstrance, a petition demanding the right to worship without interference from government. Their words, written in a small colonial town, would echo more than a century later in the First Amendment&rsquo;s guarantee of religious liberty. Larry Reed, President Emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education, tells the story of how this little-known document challenged persecution and laid the groundwork for the separation of church and state in America.</p>
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The Flushing Remonstrance and America’s First Fight for Freedom

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