"Constitution Week"gets underway

Tuesday begins the national celebration of Constitution Week.

The tradition of celebrating the Constitution was started many years ago by the Daughters of the American Revolution.  In 1955, the Daughters petitioned Congress to set aside September 17th through 23rd annually to be dedicated for the observance of Constitution Week. Congress passed the resolution and President Dwight Eisenhower signed it into law on August 2nd, 1956.

The aims of the celebration are to emphasize citizens' responsibilities for protecting and defending the Constitution, preserving it for posterity; to inform the people that the Constitution is the basis for America's great heritage and the foundation for our way of life; and to encourage the study of the historical events which led to the framing of the Constitution in September 1787.