Towamencin Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) will celebrate Constitution Day on Friday, Sept. 17, on the Swede Street steps of Montgomery County Courthouse, Norristown, from 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.
Proclamations and remarks declaring Constitution Week, Sept. 17 to Sept. 23, will be made by invited guests. Invitees include U.S. Representative Madeleine Dean, Montgomery County Commissioner Joseph Gale, representatives from the Montgomery County Bar Association, and Lansdale Mayor Garry Herbert.
At 4 p.m., Towamencin and other DAR chapters across the country will ring bells observing the 234th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution.
“While Independence Day is a well-recognized and beloved national holiday, fewer people know about Constitution Week, an annual commemoration of the living document that upholds and protects the freedoms central to our American way of life,” said Denise Doring VanBuren, National DAR President General.
The national DAR initiated the observance in 1955, when the service organization petitioned the U.S. Congress to dedicate Sept. 17 through Sept. 23 of each year to the commemoration of Constitution Week. Congress adopted the resolution, and President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed it into law in 1956.
“We hope that all Americans will learn more about the Constitution and its immense impact on our nation,” VanBuren said.
About DAR
One of the largest patriotic women’s organizations in the world, DAR has more than 190,000 members in approximately 3,000 chapters across the country and several foreign countries. DAR is a non-political service organization that promotes historic preservation, education and patriotism, and is open to any woman 18 years or older who can prove lineal, bloodline descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence. For additional information, visit www.dar.org.
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