Made From RI: Constitution Day (September 17, 1787) -
Posted by Keith R Wahl, Made From RI on Sep 16th 2020
On September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to sign the document they had created. This results in September 17th being celebrated as Constitution Day (also known as Citizenship Day or Constitution Day and Citizenship Day)
At Made From RI we have the Rhode Island made Constitution With Quill Ornament. Symbolizing the signing of the US Constitution as an ornament. The United States Constitution has served as the supreme law of the United States since taking effect in 1789. The document was written at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention and was ratified through a series of state conventions held in 1787 and 1788. 100% handmade ornament. Size 3.9 in x 3.4 in. (see more by selecting the photo link below).
For more information on Constitution Day, we have provided some further resources below:
- The Department’s Federal Resources for Excellence in Education (FREE) offers more than 25 resources from various federal agencies at: https://www2.ed.gov/free/features/constitution-day.html
- The National Archives web site provides Constitution Day activities and materials. http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/ and http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-workshop/
- The Library of Congress American Memory site provides numerous resources on the Constitution. These two links provide access: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html and http://thomas.loc.gov/teachers/constitution.html
- The National Endowment for the Humanities provides content on the Constitution through the EDSITEMENT web site: http://edsitement.neh.gov/constitution-day
- The Office of Personnel Management has put relevant materials on its Web site at http://opm.gov/constitution_initiative.
- The U.S. Senate has posted material from the Legislative Branch: http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/ConstitutionDay.htm
- The Census Bureau's Statistics in Schools (SIS) program offers many activities to highlight the day at https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sis/resources/constitution-day.html
- C-SPAN hosted a discussion, "Constitutional Role of Judges: An Exchange Between Justice Breyer and Justice Scalia"