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Constitution Day is celebrated on September 17 each year. This is the day some people, known as “The Founding Fathers,” signed the Constitution of the United States. It was in the year 1787.
The Preamble:
On Constitution Day, everyone in the country is asked to recite the Preamble of the Constitution at the same time.
of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, 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.
The clock shows what time to read the Preamble in the Eastern Time Zone (2:00 p.m.). Can you fill in the clocks for the other zones? Ask a parent to help you.
Who were the Founding Fathers?
The Founding Fathers were a group of men who organized the American colonists’ revolution and formed an independent country—the United States of America. They knew that after they won the war with England, they would need a Constitution to create laws for the new country. The men who led the revolution, worked on the Declaration of Independence, and wrote the Constitution are known as the Founding Fathers. Seven of those men are considered key figures, and students today study their lives and writings.
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Do the math to label each Founding Father pictured.
17 + 17 13 -9 14 - 7 16 + 12
Thomas Je erson John Jay George Washington John Adams
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24 - 7 13 + 5 19 - 6
Benjamin Franklin Alexander Hamilton James Madison
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Thomas Jefferson was 33 years old when he wrote the Declaration of Independence; he was not part of the Constitutional Convention, as he was the Minister to France at the time. Four years after the Constitution was written, he insisted that Ten Amendments be written up as The Bill of Rights to protect an individual’s rights as a citizen.
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