Constitution Week September
17-23
Denise Preston, Chair
We celebrate Constitution Week each year
from September 17th through the 23rd.
The goals of the Constitution Week
celebration are to:
- emphasize citizens’ responsibilities
for protecting and defending the
Constitution;
- Inform people that the Constitution is
the basis for America’s great heritage and
the foundation for our way of life; and
- 3) Encourage the study of the
historical events which led to the framing
of the Constitution in September of 1787.
The official push to celebrate the
Constitution was started by the Daughters of
the American Revolution. In 1955, the NSDAR
petitioned Congress to set aside September
17-23 annually to be dedicated for the
observance of Constitution Week. The
resolution was adopted by the U.S. Congress
and signed into public law on August 2, 1956,
by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Please see the attached
flyer for some fun ideas regarding this
special event.
Denise Preston
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