Constitution Week is the commemoration of America’s most important document. It is celebrated annually during the week of September 17-23.
The United States Constitution stands as a testament to the tenacity of Americans throughout history to maintain their liberties, freedoms and inalienable rights.
The DAR initiated the observance in 195, when the service organization petitioned the US Congress to dedicate September 17-23 of each year to the commemoration of Constitution Week. Congress adopted the resolution, an on August 2, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed it into Public Law #915. The celebration’s goals are threefold: to encourage the study of the historical events that led to the framing of the Constitution in September 1787; to remind the public that the Constitution is the basis of American’s great heritage and the foundation for it’s way of life; and to emphasize US Citizens’ responsibility to protect, defend and preserve the US Constitution.
Carmi Mayor Jeff Pollard signed the 2024 Proclamation for Constitution Week (September 17-23) for the Wabash Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution.
Wabash Chapter has been active many years exhibiting window displays, posters, newspaper and radio programs, etc. celebrating the importance of this document. The United States of America should reaffirm the ideas of protecting our freedoms as it guarantees them. It is the precious guardian of our liberties that we should never lose sight of.
Joining Mayor Pollard for the Proclamation Signing included Lucinda Conley and Barbara Karger.
