Happy Constitution Day, everyone in the US!  If you’re an American, by LAW, you’re supposed to learn something about the Constitution today on Constitution Day, which is today, September 17.  (If you didn’t know anything about Constitution Day, does learning that there is Constitution Day meet the required education?  I’m not sure, but we’ll say it does.)  Educational institutions and federal government offices are required, per the 2004 amendment to the original 1952 bill, to hold an educational program concerning the Constitution and provide every employee with Constitution-related learning materials today.

Constitution Day started life as “I Am An American Day,” which was pushed into law in 1940 by then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  The law was repealed in 1952 and changed “Citizenship Day,” which has since morphed into Constitution Day, held every September 17.  So there you go.  I’m not a federal organization, but I did do my part to educate the masses on Constitution Day.

Enjoy the celebration, perhaps with some kind of Constitution-themed cake, because it never hurts to combine learning with junk food.

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