The Democracy Awareness Project uses patriotic ribbons to promote non-partisan support of government for the people. Inspired by Abraham Lincoln’s 1838 speech, “The Perpetuation of our Political Institutions” and the United States’ National March composed by John Philip Sousa, “Stars and Stripes Forever,” the The American Infinity Symbol and Star Spangled Mobius Ribbon visualize the endurance of the values in the Declaration of Independence.

The thirteen stars in the designs represent the ideals of the founding colonies with three long stripes for the three branches of U.S. government: the legislative, judicial, and executive. The patriotic design starts in a dark period with thirteen stars and then a long period of the three stipes representing prosperity with balanced governance by the three branches. Inevitably, the pattern returns to a dark place where the stars emerge to guide America to it’s next phase.

Historically the United States experiences stellar changes and amends the constitution every 50 years to renew our democratic experiment and ensure a long period of prosperity. We enhanced Liberty in the 1970’s with the right of 18-year-olds to vote, in the 1920’s with women’s suffrage and the 1870’s – racial equality.

Today we face a dark period requiring renewal and new amendments. For the Fifth Jubilee of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, We support an amendment to restore bipartisan campaign finance reforms and clarifying that money is not speech and that corporations are not people.