September 17, 1787. 229 years ago tomorrow the drafters of the U.S. Constitution gathered to sign the document they created. Constitution Day was established by Congress in 2004 and since then, schools and universities in the U.S. have celebrated Constitution Day on September 17.
Each educational institution that receives Federal fundsfor a fiscal year shall hold an educational program on the UnitedStates Constitution on September 17 of such year for the studentsserved by the educational institution. (Pub. L. No. 108-447, § 111, 118 Stat. 2809, 3344 (2004)).
Trivia question: Pub. L. No. 108-447 also designated the National Tree.
What is the National Tree of the United States?
This year Constitution Day is being celebrated at the University of Montana on September 20 with a public lecture by Orin S. Kerr titled The Digital Fourth Amendment. The lecture will be held at 7:00 pm in Room 101 of the Law School.
- How many lawyers were members of the Constitutional Convention?
- Who was called the “Sage of the Constitutional Convention”?
- Who was called the “Father of the Constitution”?
- What did Thomas Jefferson have to do with framing the Constitution?
- Who presided over the Constitutional Convention?
- How long did it take to frame the Constitution?
- Did George Washington sign the Declaration of Independence?
- In ratifying the Constitution, did the people vote directly?
- In what order did the States ratify the Constitution?
- Is it possible to impeach a justice of the Supreme Court?
- Who administers the oath of office to the Speaker of the House of Representatives?
- Which is the longest term of office in the government, aside from judges?
- How many methods of electing the President of the United States were considered by the Constitutional Convention?
- What constitutes the Bill of Rights?
- How many amendments to the Constitution have been repealed?
A couple other pages of interest from the National Archives:
- A More Perfect Union: The Creation of the U.S. Constitution
- The Founding Fathers: Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
The National Constitution Center’s Interactive Constitution allows users to explore the meanings of the Constitution through the discussions of expert Constitutional scholars representing a variety of viewpoints.