It's the Law: Government Agencies, Schools and Universities Mark Constitution Day
Across the country on Friday, institutions of education -- from the largest universities to the tiniest one-room schoolhouses -- are celebrating Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, offering educational programs about the Constitution of the United States on the 223rd anniversary of its signing.
From Columbia University in New York to the University of Arizona; from Montclair State University in New Jersey to the University of California-Berkeley; in public schools from Los Angeles to Dearborn, Mich., to Portland, Me., schools and universities that receive federal funds are educating students and faculty about the document, signed in 1887, that provides the framework for the United States of America.
They have to. It's the law.
In 2004, at the urging of the late Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Congress passed a law designating Sept. 17 as "Constitution Day and Citizenship Day."
The day has its origins in 1940, when Congress passed a joint resolution authorizing President Franklin D. Roosevelt to decree the third Sunday of May as "I Am An American Day," recognizing those who had attained American citizenship. That resolution was repealed in 1952, when Congress passed a law moving the date to Sept. 17 and renaming it "Citizenship Day."....
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From Columbia University in New York to the University of Arizona; from Montclair State University in New Jersey to the University of California-Berkeley; in public schools from Los Angeles to Dearborn, Mich., to Portland, Me., schools and universities that receive federal funds are educating students and faculty about the document, signed in 1887, that provides the framework for the United States of America.
They have to. It's the law.
In 2004, at the urging of the late Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Congress passed a law designating Sept. 17 as "Constitution Day and Citizenship Day."
The day has its origins in 1940, when Congress passed a joint resolution authorizing President Franklin D. Roosevelt to decree the third Sunday of May as "I Am An American Day," recognizing those who had attained American citizenship. That resolution was repealed in 1952, when Congress passed a law moving the date to Sept. 17 and renaming it "Citizenship Day."....