Constitution Day and Citizenship Day September 17
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is tomorrow, September 17th.
The purpose of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is to commemorate the creation and signing of the supreme law of the land and to honor and celebrate the privileges and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship for both native-born and naturalized citizens.
The date of September 17 was chosen because it was the last session of the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, during which the final version of the newly written U.S. Constitution was signed by 39 delegates.
Here is an informative resource https://www.bsmcon.edu/constitution-day-and-citizenship-day for an overview of the meaning, history, and implications of Constitution Day, as well as resources and activities that test your knowledge about the Constitution.
“My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them (the framers of the Constitution) to speak the language of ‘We, the People,’ instead of ‘We, the States’?” ~Patrick Henry, 1788 (Orations of American Orators)
Happy Constitution Day!
