Community DAR Chapter Celebrates Constitution Week

By Sarah E. Hartkemeier Mariemont DAR Historian/Librarian

September 17 is designated as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia in 1787.

The celebration of the U.S. Constitution was started by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) in 1955. The group petitioned Congress to dedicate the week of September 17-23 annually for the observance of Constitution Week. The resolution was later adopted by the U.S. Congress and signed into public law on August 2, 1956, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

The Mariemont DAR Chapter continues this celebration with participating in the Bells Across America ceremony. We have asked area churches to do the same. So if you hear church bells ring in your community on September 17 at 4 p.m. it is to remember the signing of the U.S. Constitution.

Our chapter has had displays at the Mariemont, Maderia, Blue Ash and Symmes Public Libraries to educate the public within the Cincinnati library system on the reason why we have a Constitution Week. Go visit and check out information in the month of September concerning the constitution.