Friday, September 17, 2010
September 17 is Constitution Day - - - or Constitution and Citizenship Day - - - as declared by Congress. The day commemorates the signing of the Constitution in 1787.
However, this is no mere resolution. The law, codified at 36 U.S.C. § 106, includes a provision that:
Each educational institution that receives Federal funds for a fiscal year shall hold an educational program on the United States Constitution on September 17 of such year for the students served by the educational institution.
So, here's the question: What is your institution doing - - - and are you taking part in it? If you are, what are you doing? Focusing on the signers of the Constitution? Discussing the amendments to the Constitution, including the Fourteenth? Including "Citizenship"? Linking the commemoration of the Constitution to current controversies?