Constitution Day is an American federal holiday that recognizes the ratification of the United States Constitution. It is observed on September 17, the day the U.S. Constitutional Convention signed ...

America has the world’s longest-lasting written constitution. It’s been through a lot—one Civil War, two World Wars, a Great Depression, and all the shocks of the early 21 st century.

essays, and discussions about the nation’s founding document. Once local newspapers ran the story, many other schools copied ...

Also of note is the method by which the Constitution is dated: “the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord” 1787, and “of the Independence of the United States of America the ...

We fight a lot about the Constitution, and we always have ... Over on the homepage today, I’ve got an essay on just how that capacity for forging unity manifests itself, and what that might ...