Today is Constitution Day a.k.a. Citizenship Day. It is celebrated to mark the anniversary of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

While Constitution Day only became an official holiday in 2004, it’s roots stretch much farther back. In 1940, Congress initiated I Am An American Day for the third Sunday in May, the citizens themselves, however arrived at September 17. Then in 1952, Olga T. Weber of Ohio successfully convinced her municipality to name the date Constitution Day. The next year she went to the Ohio government to celebrate the holiday statewide (it passed the next year). Today, we consider Constitution Day as a birthday for our country (step aside Fourth of July).

Use today as an excuse to learn more about our country’s most famous piece of legislation, and don’t forget to appreciate it for all its worth!

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