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	National Constitution Center in Philadelphia Hosts Swiss "Bundesbrief" - The 715 Year Old Founding Contract of the ...
		The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia was selected as the perfect location to host the first departure of the “Bundesbrief” from its home place of Schwyz, Switzerland, because of its high-security provisions, its mission of interpretation of national archives, and the strong support of its museum leadership and staff.
		The ”Bundesbrief” is unveiled on Saturday, June 10th, at the exhibit’s opening at the National Constitution Center which features ribbon cutting and visits of dignitaries from both sides of the Atlantic.
		Highlighting the festivities is a salute from Washington DC based “Swiss Rifles” corps, a First City Troop Color Guard, solidarity march of the Pennsylvania Sons of the Revolution and lampion welcome to the Bundesbrief and former Federal Councilor Arnold Koller.
	www.constitutioncenter.org /PressRoom/PressReleases/2006_05_17_16208.shtml (1078 words)

	bundesbrief.org
		The Bundesbrief serves as a beacon of hope worldwide for those who strive for the democratic stronghold of liberty and freedom and can help provide reassurance, security, and guidance.
		Our greatest challenge today is to extend the promise of political freedom and economic opportunity to those who are still denied it, in our home country and around the world.
		The Corporation is incorporated exclusively for charitable, scientific, literary and educational purposes, including, without limitation, to sponsor publications, conferences, a digital library, symposia and speeches pertaining to the Bundesbrief, its heritage and influence as follows:
	www.bundesbrief.org (241 words)

	Bundesbrief
		Die Altgardisten, der Bundesbrief, der Schnee und der Kirsch
		Die Dame hielt uns einen hochinteressanten, lebendigen Vortrag voller Herzblut über Ursprung, Sinn und Zweck dieses Bundesbriefes, welcher in Wahrheit keine Gründungsurkunde ist, sondern ein «Landfriedens-Bündnis in Erinnerung eines älteren Bundes».
		Da es solche Pergamente damals nicht zuhauf gab, dürfte dieser «Bundesbrief» tatsächlich auf das Jahr 1291 passen.
	www.sg-lenzburg.ch /web-files/Diverses/Bericht07-1.htm (682 words)

	International Constitutional Organization selects Web Ally CRM to Manage Constituents, Alliance Partners and Members ...
		The International Bundesbrief Society, Inc. is a United States-based 501c3, non-profit organization with a mission to foster constitutional democracy, liberty, federalism, and rule-by-law with the historic 1291 AD Swiss founding charter document, called the Bundesbrief, as its namesake.
		The Swiss Bundesbrief, English Magna Carta and the US Declaration of Independence are each legacy documents in their respective countries.
		The Bundesbrief Society selected the Web Ally CRM system to support their business goals which are to enable the team members to work more closely while being in differing geographic locations using features such as constituency tracking, member profiling, note taking, action tracking and milestones for their non-profit activity tracking.
	www.prleap.com /pr/59688 (529 words)

	Swiss Roots
		The six new officers gathered at the Bundesbrief to hear remarks from founding IBBS member Jim Scherrer on the history of the Swiss Declaration and the affirmation of the continuing bonds between the United States and Switzerland; sister Republics and sister Democracies.
		The Bundesbrief was founded in 1291 by Swiss farmers in the village of Schwyz to declare Switzerland a free and independent country.
		The Bundesbrief holds a special position as one of several initial kernels in the wider landscape of forms and actions creating our modern republican government, which, with vision and hindsight, was subsequently expanded upon and embellished.
	www.swissroots.org /stories/viewStory.asp?storyID=1032 (688 words)

	History of Switzerland
		Swiss history began the year 1291 in the Swiss town of Rütli[?] with a contract, known as the Bundesbrief[?] ("the Eternal Alliance") between leaders of regions called Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden in what is now Switerland.The Bundesbrief united them in the struggle against their foreing rulers, the Hapsburgs.
		Before the fourteenth century Switzerland was a collection of loosely organized city-states as cantons - the Bundesbrief and the subsequent Swiss victory at Morgarten paved hte way for indapendance.
		However, true indapendance was not to be achieved until three centuries later, at the Peace of Westphalia.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hi/History_of_Switzerland.html (396 words)

	Direct Democracy In Switzerland Ch. 1-5
		The Bundesbrief notes, for example, that there was near unanimity, but not total unanimity, of the participants - suggesting some sort of measurement or discussion or both.
		Yet the Bundesbrief is also self-consciously a document, referring to the statutes and promises "above," and those "now written." Hence it was not merely a pro-forma repetition of whatever old oath of alliance may have existed.
		The Bundesbrief, in combination with economic boom and a citizen's army of growing effectiveness, helped shelter the Swiss from foreign intervention for a generation - roughly from 1291 until the Battle of Morgarten in 1315.
	www.world-wide-democracy.net /SwissDD/SwissDD_1_5.html (16994 words)

	Tuned in to No Turnout :: Philadelphia City Paper. 25 Years of Independent Journalism.
		The Swiss Charter of Confederation, the Bundesbrief, will arrive in Philadelphia on June 10 for a special, three-week exhibition of "Sister Republics" at the National Constitution Center (NCC).
		America's forefathers Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson also used parts of the Bundesbrief as an example before the U.S. Constitution was drafted.
		The Bundesbrief visit is part of the Swiss Roots project, an initiative that promotes relations between Americans with Swiss ancestry and the land of their lineage.
	www.citypaper.net /articles/2006-05-18/polnote.shtml (762 words)

	Bundesbrief.org \| Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The six new officers gathered at the Bundesbrief to hear remarks from founding IBBS member Jim Scherrer on the history of the Swiss Declaration and the affirmation of the continuing bonds between the United States and Switzerland; sister Republics and sister Democracies.
		The Bundesbrief was founded in 1291 by Swiss farmers in the village of Schwyz to declare Switzerland a free and independent country.
		The Bundesbrief holds a special position as one of several initial kernels in the wider landscape of forms and actions creating our modern republican government which, with vision and hindsight, was subsequently expanded upon and embellished.
	www.bundesbrief.org /press.html (649 words)

	Swiss Roots
		I am writing to invite you to become a member of the newly formed International Bundesbrief Society.
		You may know the Bundesbrief of 1291AD (sister of the Magna Carta of 1215AD) as the founding document for the nascent Swiss nation and today it is a beacon of light to countries worldwide who seek liberty.
		The antique 715-year-old Bundesbrief document left Switzerland for the first time on June 10th, 2006 and was displayed at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia--birth city of the United States--and triggered the founding of our International Bundesbrief Society.
	www.swissroots.org /stories/viewStory.asp?storyID=1035 (461 words)

	studioeec - news (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The ancient document formed the centerpiece of an educational display, “The Sister Republics,” focusing on the historically close ties, common interests, and shared traditions between the United States and Switzerland.
		Karl Niederer, State Archivist of New Jersey, coordinated the development of the “Sister Republics” and Bundesbrief for the Swiss Consulate in New York.
		The Schweizer Bundesbrief concluded its three-week showing at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on June 30, 2006.
	www.studioeec.com /news.php (881 words)

	NEPA News - Swiss independence document leaves home for Philadelphia exhibit
		The maiden voyage of the Schweizer Bundesbrief, considered to be the Swiss equivalent of the Declaration of Independence, comes amid a group's effort to get Americans with Swiss roots to trace their heritage to the small, neutral European country.
		Swiss Ambassador Raymond Loretan, co-chair of the Swiss Roots campaign, said the loan of the historic document is a gesture of friendship to the United States and the 1 million Americans of Swiss heritage.
		The Bundesbrief will go on display June 10 as part of a three-week exhibit called "Sister Republics," which will highlight the historic connection between both nations' democracies.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=16651752&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6 (398 words)

	Tuned in to No Turnout :: Philadelphia City Paper. 25 Years of Independent Journalism.
		The Swiss Charter of Confederation, the Bundesbrief, will arrive in Philadelphia on June 10 for a special, three-week exhibition of "Sister Republics" at the National Constitution Center (NCC).
		America's forefathers Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson also used parts of the Bundesbrief as an example before the U.S. Constitution was drafted.
		The Bundesbrief visit is part of the Swiss Roots project, an initiative that promotes relations between Americans with Swiss ancestry and the land of their lineage.
	citypaper.net /articles/2006-05-18/polnote.shtml (741 words)

	Swiss Charter of 1291 goes on display in Philly (phillyBurbs.com) \| Pennsylvania News
		The unveiling of the Schweizer Bundesbrief at the National Constitution Center marks the first trip abroad for the 715-year-old federal charter, and is part of a campaign to promote U.S.-Swiss ties.
		Along with the Magna Carta, which was issued in 1215, scholars say the Bundesbrief helped inspire the Declaration of Independence, which was drafted five centuries later at Independence Hall.
		The Bundesbrief was forged in 1291 by residents of three Swiss cantons who formed an alliance to defend themselves from outside threats.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/103-06102006-668463.html (476 words)

	IMHO - in my humble opinion -
		August 2006 habe ich in Oberwald VS die Rede von Bundesrat Blocher gehört und ich habe mich sehr darüber gefreut, dass der Bundesratsbesuch (dank dem Frauenverein Oberwald sowie weiteren Ortsvereinen und Institutionen) in einem sehr würdigen Rahmen stattgefunden hat und dass Bundesrat Blocher den Anlass auch nicht übermässig für politische Propaganda ausgenützt hat.
		Etwas nachdenklich gestimmt hat mich aber der ausführliche Kommentar zum Bundesbrief und wie fahrlässig es gewesen sei, diesen leihweise ins Ausland zu geben.
		Ich kann das sogar beweisen: viele Einwohner haben den Bundesbrief noch nie in ihrem Leben gesehen und diese Vermutung gilt seit dem 1.
	imho.ch /labels/Politik.html (1161 words)

	Jet Aviation Secures Safe and Historic Flight of 715-Year-Old Swiss Federal Charter From New York to Philadelphia
		Jet Aviation provided a safe lift for the Swiss Federal Charter, known as the 'Schweizer Bundesbrief.' The document, which has never been shown outside of Switzerland, will be exhibited for three weeks at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
		The 715-year-old document from 1291, which never has been shown outside of Switzerland, will be embedded in an exhibit, "Sister Republics," for three weeks at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
		The Swiss Federal Charter, which was brought to the National Constitution Center by Swiss Roots, a Switzerland promotion initiative run by the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York (http://www.swissroots.org), will be displayed in an exhibit highlighting the close constitutional ties between the U.S. and Switzerland.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-09-2006/0004377616&EDATE= (507 words)

	Packaged Travel Insider :: National Constitution Center to Host Swiss Bundesbrief (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Swiss Federal Charter, known as the Schweizer Bundesbrief, will be shown in its first-time-ever departure from Switzerland at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia (215-409-6700, www.constitutioncenter.org) during a three-week exhibition of Sister Republics, depicting the bonds of democratic tradition between Switzerland and the United States.
		The Bundesbrief will be unveiled June 10 at the exhibit’s opening at the National Constitution Center, which will feature a ribbon cutting and visits of dignitaries from both sides of the Atlantic.
		The National Constitution Center is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the U.S. Constitution and its relevance to Americans’ daily lives.
	www.serendipitypublishing.com /mags/pti/destination/national-constitution-cen.shtml (283 words)

	'Swiss Roots' Brings U.S. Football Superstar Ben Roethlisberger to Emmental, Switzerland, and the Swiss ...
		The "Swiss Roots" website will be launched officially on March 29 at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C. New York, NY (PRWEB) March 11, 2006 -- Ben Roethlisberger, quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers, will travel to Switzerland in May, 2006, tracing the roots of his ancestors who lived in the Bernese Emmental.
		Additionally, the Swiss Federal Charter, known as the "Schweizer Bundesbrief," will be shown in the U.S. for the first time ever at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
		The presentation of the "Bundesbrief," the first time it has ever been displayed outside of Switzerland, takes place within the framework of the "Sister Republics" exhibition, showing the close historic links between the U.S. and Swiss constitutions.
	www.partageznouvelles.com /releases/2006/3/prweb355794.htm (942 words)

	Federal Charter of 1291 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Citizens of Zürich on 1 May 1351 are read the Federal Charter as they swear allegiance to representatives of Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden and Lucerne (Luzerner Schilling, 1513).
		The Federal Charter or Letter of Alliance (in German Bundesbrief) documents the Eternal Alliance or League Of The Three Forest Cantons (in German Ewiger Bund der Drei Waldstätten), the union of three cantons in what is now central Switzerland, formed in early August, 1291.
		This inaugural confederation grew through a long series of accessions to modern Switzerland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bundesbrief (332 words)

	revue.ch - Swiss Federal Charter in Philadelphia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Swiss Federal Charter of 1291 (Bundesbrief) is normally kept at a museum (Bundesbriefmuseum) in the town of Schwyz.
		For the first time in 751 years this historic document is being shown outside of Switzerland.
		“Swiss Roots” brings the Swiss Federal Charter of 1291, known as the “Schweizer Bundesbrief,” to Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center.
	www.revue.ch /common/lists/reports/usa/2006_03_30_98016691_report.php?navid_content=29&revLanguage=de (178 words)

	Bundesbrief exhibit
		For the first time since its creation about 700 years ago, the Bundesbrief - a treaty generally seen as the point of origin of the Swiss Confederation is traveling abroad an is displayed in a special exhibit at the Constitution Center.
		First, the exhibit is pretty hard to find in the sweeping building - and despite this being the opening ceremony, the staff doesn't seem to be aware of its existence.
		Posted: Sat - June 10, 2006 at 10:30
	homepage.mac.com /bsuter/iblog/C370119259/E20060613223047/index.html (217 words)

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