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This article has been tagged since July 2007. | Constitution Day (or Citizenship 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 the Constitution in 1787. For other uses, see Holiday (disambiguation). ...
Wikisource has original text related to this article: The United States Constitution The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. ...
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The law establishing the holiday was created in 2004 with the passage of an amendment by Senator Robert Byrd to the Omnibus spending bill of 2004. Before this law was enacted, the holiday was known as "Citizenship Day". In addition to renaming the holiday "Constitution Day and Citizenship Day," the act mandates that all publicly funded educational institutions provide educational programming on the history of the American Constitution on that day. In May 2005, the United States Department of Education announced the enactment of this law and that it would apply to any school receiving federal funds of any kind. This holiday is not observed by granting time off work for federal employees. Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20, 1917) is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia and a member of the Democratic Party. ...
An omnibus spending bill is a bill that sets the budget of many departments of the United States government at once. ...
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When Constitution Day falls on a weekend or on another holiday, schools and other institutions unofficially observe the holiday on an adjacent weekday. This was the case in 2005, when Constitution Day was generally observed on Friday, September 16 and 2006 when the holiday was observed on Monday, September 18. is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
History
In 1939, William Randolph Hearst advocated, through his chain of daily newspapers, the creation of a holiday to celebrate citizenship. In 1940, Congress designated the third Sunday in May as I am an American Day. For other people named William Randolph Hearst, see William Randolph Hearst (disambiguation) William Randolph Hearst I (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper magnate. ...
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In 1952, President Harry Truman signed a bill proclaiming Citizenship Day to be a holiday celebrated on September 17. The bill recognizes everyone who had become a United States citizen during the previous year, and has since been expanded as a general celebration of citizenship. For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ...
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A bill is a proposed new law introduced within a legislature that has not been ratified, adopted, or received assent. ...
For other uses, see Holiday (disambiguation). ...
is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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