September 17 is Constitution Day in our country. Your apologetic
Peasant wants to make amends for not finding out the exact date
of this important day before now, and I thank you, my wonderful
readers for your forgiveness and understanding.
This day for honoring our foundation of our nation's law marks
the day in 1787 when the delegates signed this historic document
in Philadelphia. It is the starting point for Constitution Week,
a week dedicated to educating all Americans on civic responsibilities.
It commemorates the creation of the federal government's framework
and recognizes individuals who have become U.S. citizens via birth
or naturalization.
Schools and other educational institutions which receive federal funds
are required by law to hold educational programs regarding the
U.S. Constitution on this day.
This great document is unique, especially for its time, in that instead of
spelling out the power and reaches of the law it curbs the power and
reach of the law in our society. This makes our country a constitutional
republic; as Benjamin Franklin told someone on the street outside of
the place where the meeting to decide on the writing of our
Constitution was held, that we had "a republic, if we could keep it."
And today we are facing forces hostile to the Constitution and to our
republic. Let us make ourselves strongly cognizant of this document
and its contents, so we may defend it vociferously.
MEM
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