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Celebrate Constitution Day on September 17
Thursday, September 17th is Constitution Day and the Delaware Society, Daughters of the American Revolution will commemorate the 239th anniversary of the Constitution’s signing at 4pm at the Delaware Public Archives in Dover with a one-minute ringing of the USS Delaware bell. The bell ringing recalls the bells that sounded in Philadelphia following the completion…
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September 17th is Constitution Day – which recognizes the adoption of the US Constitution by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. The US Constitution has seen many changes through the years. Before becoming Constitution Day in 1952, the day was known as I Am an American Day and celebrated with Citizenship…
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