INDEED! SEPTEMBER 17th IT IS
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Want to join the celebration? It requires nothing but a pause.
Constitution & Citizenship Day celebrates the United States Constitution, which was signed on September 17, 1787 in Philadelphia. Along with the Bill of Rights, it’s the foundation of our democracy.
There’s a fascinating history of the celebration, including “I am an American Day” which was made official by President Truman in 1951. (Some of it’s more nationalistic than comfortable today.)
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So we don’t get a day off, or an excuse to go beach-bumming.
We get, instead, a chance to reflect on Bill of Rights items currently under threat. Reproductive justice, anyone? Freedom to enjoy life without guns everywhere? Gender equality?
Maybe you thought the Equal Rights Amendment (first proposed in 1923) had passed? Nahh. One would think that in 100 years we might get equal rights for, ahem, women; but the ERA is still being battered and batted around. One nonprofit is spearheading interfaith efforts to make it official.
Plenty of Good-Citizen work to do, or support, as part of your celebration.
Happy September 17!
Here’s to freedom and equal rights! Unfortunately, loads of people won’t join us in that.
Yeah, it’s hard to keep the faith some days 😡. But I do!! 😊 Thanks for dropping by.