Constitution Week is Sept. 17-23

  • Signing of the United States Constitution with George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton (left to right in the foreground), painting by Howard Chandler Christy.
    Signing of the United States Constitution with George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton (left to right in the foreground), painting by Howard Chandler Christy.
    In 1955, under the leadership of President General Gertrude Caraway, the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution made its own resolution designating Sept. 17-23 as Constitution Week.The DAR presented the resolution to Congress, which was subsequently discussed with the Senate and passed. Following the passage of the resolution by both houses, President Dwight Eisenhower iss...

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