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Constitution Day

 

On May 24, 2005, the U.S. Department of Education released a Notice of Implementation announcing that all educational institutions receiving federal funding must provide an educational program pertaining to the United States Constitution on September 17 of each year commemorating the September 17, 1787, signing of the Constitution. Senator Robert C. Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat and the United States Congress unofficial constitutional scholar, believes that American primary, secondary, and post-secondary students lack significant knowledge regarding the United States Constitution. In December 2004, Senator Byrd offered an amendment that was passed by both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate in attempt to increase constitutional knowledge.

September 17 is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day (Constitution Day), which is the anniversary of the signing of United States Constitution in 1787.

Here are links that relate to the U.S. Constitution, American history and the development of the U.S. government.

 

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