Since 1958, staff and members of The John Birch Society have been busy recruiting and providing leadership to an educational army, which has created an informed electorate to enforce the Constitution and secure our rights.
Consider just the past 10 years. The JBS has played a leading role in securing our God-given rights by bogging down Deep State initiatives to rewrite our Constitution, nationalize our local police, build a North American Union, and establish a UN-led one-world government.
March 2020
In response to the unconstitutional overreaches by local, state, and the federal government (such as lockdowns, stay-at-home orders, “social distancing” guidelines, and mandatory mask wearing orders) purportedly to stop the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), The John Birch Society officially launched it’s “Countering COVID-19 Overreach” action project with the…
March 2020
October 2018
For the Society’s 60th anniversary, a celebration was again held in Appleton, Wisconsin, and was attended by JBS employees, leaders, and members from all over the country. The keynote speaker was U.S. Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), whose remarks centered around “Exposing the Swamp.”
October 2018
March 2016
The Law Enforcement Charitable Foundation (LECF) was founded as a 501 (c) (3) foundation in March 2016, and approved on February 3, 2017, to provide financial and other support tools to law enforcement and to the families of fallen officers.
March 2016
September 2015
September 30, 2015 marked the 30th anniversary of The New American magazine.
September 2015
June 2012
JBS produces its first version of the documentary “Agenda 21: How Will It Affect You?” exposing the United Nations’ insidious Agenda 21 scheme. Click HERE to watch the film.
June 2012
August 2011
AOF officially launches Freedom Project Education (now FreedomProject Academy) as a fully accredited, classical, and conservative-minded education, across multiple platforms for K-12 students, beginning in the Fall with the 2011-12 academic school year.
August 2011
July 2011
JBS launches its “Choose Freedom- Stop Agenda 21” (now “Stop Agenda 21/2030”) action project to expose the United Nations’ “environmental” globalist scheme for one-world government and onerous controls over people’s lives under the banner of “sustainable development.”
July 2011
October 2008
For the Society’s 50th anniversary, a celebration was held in Appleton, Wisconsin, and was attended by JBS employees, leaders, and members from all over the country. The keynote speaker was U.S. Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas). Dr. Paul recognized the late Congressman Larry McDonald as a “dear friend” and “great American.”
October 2008
December 2005
American Opinion Foundation (AOF) is created by The John Birch Society as a non-profit organization dedicated to creating awareness about the documents and traditions that have distinguished the United States and its constitutional system of government, and the need to sustain what the Founding Fathers left to future generations.
December 2005
February 2004
JBS launches Activate Congress: Stop the FTAA, an ultimately successful action project to stop U.S. efforts at establishing the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas. The FTAA would have established an EU-style structure in the
February 2004
February 2003
Pravda, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, credits JBS for lack of UN support in the U.S.
February 2003
October 1999
October 1998
The October 12, 1998 issue of The New American highlights the threat from Osama bin Laden, in a cover story, three years before the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
October 1998
September 1998
The New American accurately predicts Y2K being a non-catastrophic event in the September 14, 1998 issue.
September 1998
June 1997
The House of Representatives voted on an amendment to a bill, introduced by Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) calling for the repeal of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945. Fifty-four House representatives voted in favor of the measure. Even though the measure did not pass, the numbers were a solid…
June 1997
April 1997
The John Birch Society first launches its website JBS.org in 1997.
April 1997
July 1992
Following the “Earth Summit” held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, The New American warned about Agenda 21 in the July 13, 1992 issue of The New American magazine. Click HERE to read the cover story.
July 1992
May 1989
After a meeting of The John Birch Society’s of Board of Directors, on February 4, 1989, in which it was unanimously decided to consolidate The John Birch Society’s office operations in Belmont, Massachusetts, and in San Marino, California, JBS began its move to Appleton, Wisconsin, in May 1989.
May 1989
February 1987
Initially under the name of “Protect the Constitution,” The John Birch Society officially launched its educational campaign to stop state legislatures from passing Article V application resolutions to Congress for a Federal Constitutional Convention (Con-Con) and to rescind any previously passed convention applications.
February 1987
June 1986
Cover story of the June 2, 1986 issue of The New American warned that the immigration situation would get much worse. Later that year Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, giving amnesty
June 1986
September 1985
The New American magazine is founded by combining both the American Opinion monthly and The Review of the News weekly magazines. The New American magazines remains the foremost constitutional conservative news publication (in both print and online) for projecting the lines and exposing the truth.
September 1985
December 1983
In commemoration of The John Birch Society’s first 25 years a gala celebration was held in Indianapolis, Indiana, on December 9-10, 1983. While this was a moment of celebration for the Society, the organization remained saddened by the loss of its chairman and American patriot Congressman Larry McDonald.
December 1983
September 1983
On September 1, 1983, Korean Air Lines flight 007 is reportedly shot down by Soviet fighter jets over Sakhalin Island, carrying JBS Chairman and Congressman Larry McDonald on board along with 268 other passengers.
September 1983
March 1983
The Honorable Congressman Lawrence Patton McDonald (D-Ga.) is appointed Chairman of The John Birch Society, succeeding Robert Welch who in turn assumes the position of Chairman Emeritus.
March 1983
August 1978
The John Birch Society launches an ultimately successful drive to have Congress abolish the federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) which was attempting to nationalize the police.
August 1978
March 1974
Robert Welch at the March 9, 1974, JBS Council Dinner in Los Angeles gave amazingly accurate predictions. Click HERE to watch the speech.
March 1974
November 1971
Concord Press (JBS) published the first printing of Gary Allen’s None Dare Call It Conspiracy, and eventually over 5 million copies are printed.
November 1971
November 1970
In the November 1970 JBS Bulletin, Robert Welch announces the Society’s opposition to abortion.
November 1970
January 1966
Anarchy USA film produced and was shown to millions of people. (How many millions is unknown.) in JBS meetings across the nation. The film has also aired on C-SPAN and can be viewed HERE on The John Birch Society’s YouTube channel.
January 1966
September 1965
Volume 1, issue number 1 of The Review of the News magazine is published with a cover date of September 3-9, 1965. The Review of the News was a weekly news publication providing news analysis, interviews with members of Congress, and was where the first editions of the “Conservative Index”…
September 1965
January 1965
Truth About Civil Turmoil (TACT) Committees formed to expose the Communist agenda behind much of the radical conflict turbulence.
January 1965
July 1963
Robert Welch first introduces the “Support Your Local Police” campaign in the July 1963 Bulletin. This is still an active campaign for The John Birch Society so far it has been successful in stopping the formation of a national police force.
July 1963
June 1963
The California State Senate Fact-Finding Committee report vindicates The John Birch Society of anti-Semitism/racism charges.
June 1963
March 1963
Originally written as a unpublished, confidential letter distributed to friends in 1958, Robert Welch’s The Politician was first published as a book by the Belmont Publishing Company in March 1963. The Politician was the first book to expose the Deep State.
March 1963
February 1962
Get US Out! of the United Nations campaign was first launched. Campaign lowered support for the UN from 80% to 30%. It is still an active campaign today.
February 1962
February 1961
The first attack on JBS came in the February 25, 1961 issue of the Communist Party USA’s newspaper People’s World, which referred to the society as a new, secret, fascist group setting up “cells” all over
February 1961
December 1958
Robert Welch founded The John Birch Society on December 9, 1958 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
December 1958
February 1958
Volume I, issue number I of American Opinion magazine was published in February 1958.
February 1958