September 17 is Constitution Day, commemorating the day in 1787 that thirty-nine Framers put their signatures to one of the most influential documents in history. Years earlier, in drafting the Declaration of Independence, some of these same Founding Fathers had asserted that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,… Read more »
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Constitution Day
September 17 is Constitution Day, commemorating the day in 1787 that thirty-nine of the fifty-five delegates to the Federal Convention in a hot Philadelphia courthouse signed their great work. Creating the Constitution for the United States, currently the oldest republic with power derived from the people, was an intricate work with very few historical precedents. … Read more »
Celebrating the Constitution and Your Right to Vote
September 17, 1787 – Thirty-nine of our founding fathers, delegates of the Constitutional Convention, signed and put into effect the United States Constitution. The Constitution outlines the “checks and balances” of our three branches of government: Judicial, Executive, and Legislative. That was 233 years ago, and we continue to celebrate that achievement with Constitution Day… Read more »
Constitution Day
Sunday was Constitution Day (sometimes called Citizenship Day), marking the anniversary in 1787, when 39 delegates in Independence Hall in Philadelphia signed the Constitution, bringing our form of representative democracy into being. It’s worth noting that, while our founders described the equality of “we the people” as being “self-evident”, in 1787 it was actually an… Read more »
Constitution Day: Celebration and Investigation
The United States Constitution, the oldest and shortest written constitution in the world, was signed on September 17, 1787. To commemorate this event, we at IU East are celebrating Constitution Day with activities, a contest and, of course, learning. Constitution Day events will be held at the Graf on Monday, September 19th, from 10:00 am… Read more »
Why should YOU care?
Why should you join the American Democracy Project and IU East in celebrating Constitution Week? During this time in a presidential election year, we are bombarded with ads on the television and radio, and endless talking heads with conflicting perspectives on the news. It can be difficult and time-consuming to follow the issues. One can… Read more »