Celebrate the Constitution: Read It!
Tina Korbe /
The fireworks rarely fly on Sept. 17, but that holiday – Constitution Day – is just as significant as Independence Day. At least, that’s the thought behind a new joint venture of Constituting America and Let Freedom Ring.
The two organizations have joined forces to promote a nationwide public reading of the Constitution one month from yesterday on Sept. 18, the Saturday following Constitution Day. The event – called “We Read the Constitution” – aims to inspire citizens across the country to host or attend local gatherings to read the entire text of the U.S. Constitution aloud together.
“Our goal is really to put back into the hands of the American people the reality that they control not just what happens in November, but what happens overall in the long run in our country,” writer Horace Cooper said last week at the Bloggers Briefing. “The Constitution is the manual for how we’re going to be able to go about doing that.” (more…)