Today is “Constitution and Citizenship Day”
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September 18, 2025Today is Constitution Day – September 17, 2025 | U.S. Constitution. Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution by thirty-nine brave people on September 17, 1787. Id. By federal statute, 36 U.S.C. §106, “September 17 is designated Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.”
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
Under 36 U.S.C. §106, “Constitution Day and Citizenship Day commemorate the formation and signing on September 17, 1787, of the Constitution and recognize all who, by coming of age or by naturalization, have become citizens.”
The statute provides that: “The President may issue each year a proclamation calling on United States Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on Constitution Day and Citizenship Day and inviting the people of the United States to observe Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies.”
Further: “The civil and educational authorities of States, counties, cities, and towns are urged to make plans for the proper observance of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day and for the complete instruction of citizens in their responsibilities and opportunities as citizens of the United States and of the State and locality in which they reside.”
