The Bill of Rights Monument Project

KFOR-TV Profiles The Bill Of Rights Monument Plaza

Chris Bliss — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 17:27:46 +0000

An excellent project profile and interview with Maj. Gen. Rita Aragon (USAF, ret) of the Oklahoma Capitol Project Advisory Committee …

Bill of Rights Monument Plaza completes Design Development

Chris Bliss — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 19:50:00 +0000

(9/01/2020) The Bill of Rights Monument Plaza at the Oklahoma State Capitol has reached a new benchmark …

Monuments That Will Bring Us Together

Chris Bliss — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 21:52:19 +0000

Executive Director Chris Bliss’s 2019 Bill of Rights Day message is even more timely now.

Bill of Rights Monument Plaza (Schematic Design)

Chris Bliss — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 04:17:24 +0000

Oklahoma Bill of Rights Plaza (Brochure)

Chris Bliss — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 23:34:28 +0000

The Oklahoman profiles The Bill of Rights Plaza

Chris Bliss — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 17:13:25 +0000

This article profiling The Bill of Rights Plaza at the Oklahoma State Capitol appeared in the Oklahoman on May 19, 2019.

J Joshua Wheeler Joins Our Board

Chris Bliss — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 20:30:28 +0000

J. JOSHUA WHEELER

We are extremely proud to welcome J. Joshua Wheeler to our Board.

Josh has been a longtime friend of The Bill of Rights Monument Project, and served for many years as the Executive Director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Freedom of Expression in Charlottesville, as well as being a Senior Law Fellow at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University.

He is currently an Associate Professor of Political Science at Sweetbriar College in Virginia, and practices law at the Wheeler Law Group in Charlottesville.

Josh is also the co-founder of Speech Counsel, which specializes in advising local governments on matters involving the First Amendment.

Most importantly, he’s a passionate advocate for the individual rights and liberties enshrined in our Constitution and The Bill of Rights.

Bringing The Bill of Rights To All 50 State Capitols

Chris Bliss — Sat, 15 Dec 2018 22:54:52 +0000

Our Matching Fund Endowment is a historic effort to bring monumental displays of The Bill of Rights to all 50 State Capitols. We’ve chosen these locations because almost every school child takes at least one field trip to his or her State Capitol. Completing this unprecedented legacy project will give millions of impressionable young Americans, every year for generations to come, the chance to see their Bill of Rights in monumental form – along with millions more visitors of all ages, as well as the public servants who work in these centers of America’s civic life.

Oklahoma Approves Preliminary Design Proposal

Chris Bliss — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 21:06:13 +0000

(11/04/2018) Based on the recommendation of the sub-committee chaired by Architect of the Capitol Duane Mass, the Oklahoma Capitol …

Oklahoma CPC To Review Schematic Design Proposals

Chris Bliss — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 19:17:58 +0000

Holly Kincannon of Kincannon Studios presented two schematic design options for Oklahoma Capitol Project to the Oklahoma Capitol Preservation Commission at their August 16th meeting. Several members of the Oklahoma Capitol Project Advisory Committee were also in attendance, along with Bill of Rights Monument Project Executive Director Chris Bliss.

After the presentations, the Commission voted unanimously to form a sub-committee under the leadership of Duane Mass, Architect of the Capitol and a CPC member, to review both options and make a recommendation to the full commission at their October 18th meeting.

Both options were developed by Kincannon Studios, who were commissioned this April to deliver two distinct approaches for the site near the Capitol Building’s east entrance that was granted by the CPC in late 2017.

Schematic design is the first phase of architectural design, wherein a set of schematic drawings and diagrams are prepared that give a general view of the concept, materials and scale of the project.