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This is an archive of public readings relevant to Constitution & Citizenship Day in the United States, a federal observance that recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens. It is normally observed on September 17, the day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document in Philadelphia.

Iowa schools first recognized Constitution Day in 1911. In 1917, the Sons of the American Revolution formed a committee to promote Constitution Day. The committee included members such as Calvin Coolidge, John D. Rockefeller, and General John Pershing. The law establishing the present civic day was created in 2004 with the passage of an amendment by Senator Robert Byrd to the omnibus spending bill of 2004. Before this law was enacted, the day was known as “Citizenship Day” and celebrated on the third Sunday in May. In addition to renaming the day “Constitution Day and Citizenship Day,” the act mandates that all publicly funded educational institutions, and all federal agencies, provide educational programming on the history of the Constitution of the United States on that day.

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💬 Preamble to the United States Constitution (1787, with translations in Hebrew and Yiddish by Judah David Eisenstein 1891)

The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America, in English with Hebrew and Yiddish translations. . . .

Categories: Modern Miscellany, 🇺🇸 Constitution & Citizenship Day Readings, 🇺🇸 Independence Day (July 4th)

Tags: 18th century C.E., 56th century A.M., civil declarations and charters, civil rights, Constitution of the United States, Hebrew translation, Yiddish translation

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Judah David Eisenstein (translation) and Gouverneur Morris

💬 The Bill of Rights: Amendments Ⅰ through Ⅹ of the Constitution of the United States (1791, with translations in Hebrew and Yiddish by Judah David Eisenstein 1891)

The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America, were first adopted in 1791. They were closely modeled on the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Declaration of Rights drafted by George Mason in May 1776. This translation, by Judah David Eisenstein was published in 1891. . . .

Categories: Modern Miscellany, 🇺🇸 Juneteenth (Emancipation Day) Readings, 🇺🇸 Independence Day Readings, 🇺🇸 Constitution & Citizenship Day Readings, 🌐 Day of Democracy (September 15th), Addenda

Tags: 18th century C.E., 56th century A.M., civil declarations and charters, civil rights, Constitution of the United States, Hebrew translation, Yiddish translation

Contributor(s): Judah David Eisenstein (translation), James Madison and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

💬 Amendment ⅩⅣ to the Constitution of the United States of America (1866/1868, with translations in Hebrew and Yiddish by Judah David Eisenstein 1891)

The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, initially proposed by Congress on 13 June 1866 and adopted on 9 July 1868 was the second of three Reconstruction Amendments addressing citizenship rights and equal protection under the law. It was enacted in response to issues related to emancipated slaves following the failure of the Slaveholders’ Rebellion (1861-1865). . . .

Categories: Modern Miscellany, 🇺🇸 Juneteenth (Emancipation Day) Readings, 🇺🇸 Constitution & Citizenship Day Readings, 🌐 Day of Democracy (September 15th), Addenda

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., civil declarations and charters, civil rights, Constitution of the United States, Hebrew translation, Reconstruction Amendments, Yiddish translation

Contributor(s): Judah David Eisenstein (translation), the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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