In Celebration of Constitution Day : September 17
On September 17, 1787, the United States Constitution was signed by 39 of the 55 delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Delegates from 12 states had gathered at the Convention with the purpose of revising the nation's first written charter, the Articles of Confederation. Instead, they discarded the nation's first system of government and created a new one they believed would provide the United States with a strong national government to deal with the many challenges of the Confederation. The Constitution was subsequently ratified by each of the original 13 states.
In 2004, Congress designated September 17 as a day to commemorate the Constitution.
To find out more about our Constitution:
Use the Library's Online Catalog to locate resources like:
- Author: Cooke, Edward Francis, 1923-
Title: A detailed analysis of the Constitution
Edition: 7th ed.
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2002.
Location: Bird-4th Floor
Call Number: KF4550.Z9 C676 2002
- Author: Fallon, Richard H., 1952-
Title: The dynamic Constitution : an introduction to American constitutional law
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Location: Bird-4th Floor
Call Number: KF4550 .F35 2004
- Title: Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
Edition: 2nd ed.
Published: New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2000.
Location: Bird-Reference, 2nd Floor (does not circulate)
Call Number: KF4548 .E53 2000
- Author: Lidsky, Lyrissa Barnett, 1968-
Title: Freedom of the press: a reference guide to the United States Constitution
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.
Location: Bird-4th Floor
Call Number: KF4774.L53 2004
- Author: Lieberman, Jethro Koller.
Title: A practical companion to the Constitution: how the Supreme Court has ruled on issues from abortion to zoning
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1999.
Location: Bird-Reference, 2nd Floor (does not circulate)
Call Number: KF4548 .L54 1999
- Author: Stewart, David O.
Title: The summer of 1787: the men who invented the Constitution
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2007.
Location: Bird-4th Floor
Call Number: KF4510 .S74 2007
- Author: Hennessey, Jonathan.
Title: The United States Constitution : a graphic adaptation
Published: New York : Hill and Wang, 2008.
Location: Bird-3rd Floor
Call Number: E303.H46 2008
