Constitution Day 2026
Did you know that September 17 is Constitution Day?
On this date in 1787, the U.S. Constitution was signed by President George Washington and the Constitutional Delegates at Philadelphia.
In 2026, the National Constitution Center awarded the Liberty Medal to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on July 3, 2026. You can watch the historic event by following this link: https://constitutioncenter.org/about/liberty-medal.
Other ways to mark the occasion:
Tour an online exhibition of historic documents--including a draft of the Constitution--presented by the Vassar College Libraries at My Dearest Friend: Letters of John and Abigail Adams From the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Explore the U.S. Constitution and its history at
https://constitution.congress.gov/
Read a transcript of the Constitution (replete with original spellings and punctuation) at the National Archives website!
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