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Constitution Day (September 17, 2012)

(For an interactive version of this image, click the following: Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States)

Background

On May 24, 2005, the U.S. Department of Education released a Notice of Implementation, announcing that all educational institutions receiving federal funding must provide an educational program pertaining to the Constitution of the United States on September 17 of each year commemorating the signing on September 17, 1787.

Senator Robert C. Byrd (D -West Virginia), believes that American primary, secondary, and post-secondary students lack significant knowledge regarding the United States Constitution. In December 2004, Senator Byrd offered an amendment that was passed by both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate in attempt to increase constitutional knowledge.

Primary Source Documents Related to the United States Constitution

• Articles of Confederation
• Constitution
• Federalist Papers
• Bill of Rights

Get the U.S. Constitution App for Your Mobile Device

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Learn more about Constitution Day and the Constitution of the United States

• America's founding fathers
• Analysis and interpretation of the Constitution of the United States
• Constitutional timeline
• Excerpts featuring Justice O'Connor
• History of the Constitution of the United States
• U.S. Constitution vs. pop culture survey
• View the United States Constitution and read a transcript