Constitution Day
Sunday, September 17, 2023 is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day; an American federal observance recognizing the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens by birth or naturalization.
Campus events to observe Constitutional Day:
- On Monday, September 18, at noon in the Sentry Room, Professor Paul Schue will give a Brown Bag Presentation titled: “Fighting for the Constitution: Voting Rights and Three Models of Human Nature from 1787 to Now.” Feel free to bring your lunch; refreshments will be served.
- On Monday, September 18, in HIS 325: Nature and Nation (1-2:20pm, Wheeler 211) Professor Erica Hannickel will give a lecture on the early national naturalist William Bartram, his connections to the Founding Fathers, and how some of his observations of the Creek and Cherokee people and their government styles in the Southeastern U.S. came to inform the framing of the U.S. Constitution. The campus community is invited and if you’re planning to attend, please email Erica by Sept. 15, to receive reading material so you may participate in the discussion.
For more information on the Constitutional documents, check out the following links.
- Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774 to 1789 (Library of Congress)
- America’s Founding Documents (National Archives)
On-Campus Activities will be added soon.