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Young America's Foundation (view source)
Revision as of 17:51, September 7, 2016
, 17:51, September 7, 2016continued updating history from the YAF website.
Young America's Foundation organized one of the largest pro-troops rallies in the country at Washington and Lee University during the Golf War in 1991.
Young America's Foundation organized one of the largest pro-troops rallies in the country at Washington and Lee University during the Golf War in 1991.
President [[Ronald Reagan]] addressed the 15th Annual National Conservative Student Conference in 1993.
President [[Ronald Reagan]] addressed the 15th Annual National Conservative Student Conference in 1993.
In 1995, the Foundation urged Congress to cut taxpayer funding for universities hostile to the armed forces. This effort led to the passage of the ROTC Campus Access Act which was later renamed the Solomon Amendment. Despite challenges to the amendment's constitutionality by professors at elite law schools, the US Supreme Court unanimously declared it constitutional.
Following many requests from students and parents, Young America's Foundation launched the National High School Leadership Conference (NHSLC) in 1997. This is the first of several Foundation programs geared toward high school students who wish to learn more about conservative ideas.
In 1998, Young America's Foundation stepped forward to save [[President Reagan]]'s Western White House, also known as the Reagan Ranch and Rancho del Cielo, with the blessings of the Reagan family.
The National Journalism Center merged with Young America's Foundation in 2001 to continue training the next generation of truth-seeking journalists. Also in 2001, the Foundation acquired a building in downtown Santa Barbara, California, which eventually became the Reagan Ranch Center.
To support American troops serving in the war in Iraq, Young America's Foundation organized a rally in 2003 which drew thousands to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Also in 2003, after noticing many schools did little, if anything, to observe the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, the Foundation launched its iconic 9/11: Never Forget Project to ensure the anniversary of the 2,977 innocents murdered by radical islamists are remembered.
In 2004 Young America's Foundation launched its Freedom Week initiative on campuses nationwide to commemorate the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and Veterans Day.
Young America's Foundation's newly renovated Reagan Ranch Center opens in downtown Santa Barbara, California, in 2006. Created as a "Schoolhouse for Reaganism" the Reagan Ranch Center features classrooms, conference space, a theater, library, boardroom, interactive exhibits and galleries, and offices that house the Foundation's Reagan Ranch team members.