The First Freedom Center is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit located in Richmond, Virginia. Its mission is to commemorate and educate about freedom of religion and conscience as proclaimed in Virginia Thomas Jefferson's Statute on Religious Freedom. Located in the Shockoe Slip district in downtown Richmond, the Center is located on the site where Jefferson's law was passed into law by the Virginia General Assembly on January 16, 1786. Offered through the Virginia General Assembly by James Madison, the law is the first law the absolute freedom of religion imposed in a young country and serves as a template for the First Amendment of the US Constitution religious clause, to be ratified five years later (1791).
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The First American Liberation Council was formed in Richmond in 1984 to prepare for the 1986 anniversary of January 16, 1786, the ratification of the Statute. This Board registered the trademark for "First Freedom Center" with the US Patent Office in 2003.
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First First Freedom Awards
The First Freedom Center commemorates the National Religious Freedom Day with the presentation of the First Annual Freedom Award. Three annual awards include the Virginia First Freedom Award as well as national and international awards
Recipients in the past include:
- Madeleine Albright
- Tony Blair
- Richard C. Holbrooke
- Chet Edwards
- Bill and Judith Moyers
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While educational activities and awards have taken place over the years, the Council pursued the true center of "bricks and mortar" for several years. In 2004, the center announced that a breakthrough for the center would occur in 2005 with doors to open in 2007. After some delays, the First Freedom Center opened in January 2015 with a memorial featuring Governor Terry McAuliffe and Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones. The FFC was taken over by The Valentine in July 2015.
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The First Freedom Center is connected to Courtyard and Residence Inns recently completed by Marriott (and owned by Apple Hospitality) and has a 2,200 square meter installation that "investigates American experiences with religious freedom from European roots to the present day"
According to Richmond Times Dispatch, "The museum features statues of Jefferson and James Madison, along with exhibits and displays that track and celebrate American experiments with religious freedom, from the 1600s to the present day.One wall will feature a changing exhibit that highlights events currently related to religious freedom.Outside is the top of the 27-foot tower and the wall carved with paragraph 1786 laws, which laid the foundation for religious freedom guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. "
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External links
- Valentine's First Freedom Center
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