Constitution Day

​Commemorating Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
September 17 

The Financial Aid Office is recognizing Constitution Day!

This day commemorates the signing of the United States Constitution in Philadelphia on
September 17, 1787.

On February 29, 1952, Congress designated September 17 as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day. This day commemorates the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787, and recognizes all American citizens.
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Each Constitution Day gives us a chance to learn about and understand the importance of what our Founding Fathers envisioned for our country, one of those things being an accurate count of our nation’s people. Thus, they included a mandatory count of the population every 10 years (decennial census) in the Constitution. Article I, Section 2 states: “Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers….” 
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Exploring American History and the Constitution with Census Bureau Data
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Did you know the U.S. population was 2.5 million in 1776? It has grown more than 130 times larger today at over 330 million! Play this Kahoot! to discover historic data gems about America’s population, how the once-a-decade Census count relates to the U.S. Constitution, and more student-friendly statistics that illustrate the importance of census data in our ever-changing world. Play Kahoot!

Learn more about our constitution at the following resources:
 
Defining Freedom: Securing the Promise of the 13th Amendment [Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture]
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Reconstructing Citizenship (14th Amendment) [Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture]