Memorial Plaza Test

The Six Pillars: Part Two

The Constitution of the United States protects the human rights of individuals and guarantees civil rights and liberties like freedom of speech, religion and due process. In contrast, totalitarian regimes uphold an ideology and do not permit individual freedoms. This side of the six pillars focuses on the importance of protecting civil rights.

Read the information etched on the pillars entitled Freedom of Religion and Religious Persecution; Protecting Life and Liberty and Death Camps; Liberation and Bearing Witness.


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