CONSTITUTION AND CITIZENSHIP DAY

Constitution and Citizenship Day was established in 2004 to commemorate the signing of the Constitution of the United States on September 17, 1787.

Looking for ways to observe this 223-year-old event?  We suggest you stop by the Bullis Room and let us show you these books from the collection:

The Constitution of the United States, its sources and its application, by Thomas James Norton. The World Publishing Co.  of Cleveland and New York published this book in 1941.

The Story of the Constitution of the United States, by Francis Newton Thorpe. Chautauqua Press published this book in 1891 and included it in their literary and scientific circle in 1891 and 1892.

Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court, by Felix Frankfurter. This book was published by Harvard University Press in 1938 and contains essays that cover the major controversies that came before the Supreme Court during the thirty years of Mr. Holmes' judgeship.

And if you'd like to read about a really old constitution, ask to see the Bullis Room's copy of Aristotle on the Athenian Constitution (translated with Aristotle introduction and notes by F.G. Kenyon),  2nd edition, published in London by G. Bell and Sons in 1912.

So please stop by...and take a look at these awesome books.