University Library celebrates 'Words of Liberty' with Constitution Day web page

9:32 a.m., Sept. 4, 2014--The University of Delaware Library announces the web page “Constitution Day and Citizenship Day” in observance of Constitution Day on Wednesday, Sept. 17. 

Resources for “Constitution Day and Citizenship Day” were created by Rebecca Knight, associate librarian in the Reference and Instructional Services Department. 

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The web page and accompanying display feature words and phrases from the Constitution and their importance and changing meanings. 

Also on the webpage are resources for teaching and learning as well as a children’s page with readings and puzzles.

Constitution Day and Citizenship Day are observed every year to commemorate Sept. 17, 1787, the day the delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the United States Constitution.

Free pocket constitutions are available in the Information Room in the Morris Library.