Constitution Day commemorates the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787. In this lesson, students will hear from constitutional scholars and see an excerpt of the Broadway play “What ...

On September 17, 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed the new legal foundation of our nation, the U.S. Constitution. Now a federal holiday also known as Citizenship ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our Founding Fathers, who envisioned the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, had courage, ...

SOMERSET — Cheryl Crossley Simmons last Wednesday gave a presentation to students in the fifth grade at Chace Street School about how the U.S. Constitution came to be, some of the amendments in it and ...

As we observe the 235th anniversary of Constitution Day on Sept. 17, public schools across the nation are required to educate students on America’s founding document. Unfortunately this year, the ...

The United States Constitution is the foundation for all aspects of American government. The writers of the Constitution often left certain issues unanswered or open to interpretation so that American ...

It's not often that first-graders, CIA agents, agriculture inspectors and airport security workers from coast to coast all receive a lesson on the same topic -- and on the same day -- but that is what ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...