{"id":5419,"date":"2015-09-17T11:20:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T15:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/?p=5419"},"modified":"2015-09-17T12:06:07","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:06:07","slug":"happy-constitution-day-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/2015\/09\/17\/happy-constitution-day-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Constitution Day 2015!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How many of you all know that today, September 17th, is a holiday? (No, it&#8217;s not Day After Lobster Night Day.) It&#8217;s Constitution Day!<\/p>\n<p>On this day in 1787, the Constitutional Convention signed the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia, PA. Schools, universities and others celebrate this day by taking a few moments to discuss the Constitution and what it contains. The day is also known as Citizenship Day, a time to recognize what it means to be a U.S. Citizen.<\/p>\n<p>Take a moment to review the Constitution via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/exhibits\/charters\/constitution_transcript.html\">the National Archives<\/a>. Want to test your knowledge? Dean Elmore is quite fond of the <a href=\"http:\/\/constitutioncenter.org\/interactive-constitution?utm_source=9.16+Educator+E-Newsletter&#038;utm_campaign=8.27.2015+Local+Educators&#038;utm_medium=email\">Interactive Constitution<\/a>, another great site to review and understand the document. The <em>Washington Post<\/em> has offered their annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/answer-sheet\/wp\/2015\/09\/17\/its-constitution-day-a-quiz-to-see-how-much-you-know\/\">Constitution Quiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a few events along Comm. Ave in the coming days that discuss Constitutional issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, September 18<\/strong><br \/>\nDiscussion: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/505409969621634\/\">Coffee and Conversation chats about The Election<\/a><br \/>\nHoward Thurman Center, George Sherman Union<br \/>\n3 -5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, September 21<\/strong><br \/>\nLecture: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/rhett-talks\/#upcoming\">Rhett Talks<\/a>, including Prof. Laurence Kotlikoff&#8217;s <em>Is the United States Bankrupt<\/em>?<br \/>\nKilachand Hall<br \/>\n7 -8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, September 24<\/strong><br \/>\nLecture: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/phpbin\/calendar\/event.php?id=169660&#038;cid=44&#038;oid=0\">Fidelity to Our Imperfect Constitution: For Moral Readings and Against Originalisms<\/a><\/em> by James E. Fleming, Professor of Law &#038; The Honorable Frank R. Kenison Distinguished Scholar<br \/>\nBarristers Hall, Boston University School of Law<br \/>\n12:45 &#8211; 2 p.m.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/GNDekACYGl \">Registration encouraged<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many of you all know that today, September 17th, is a holiday? (No, it&#8217;s not Day After Lobster Night Day.) It&#8217;s Constitution Day! On this day in 1787, the Constitutional Convention signed the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia, PA. Schools, universities and others celebrate this day by taking a few moments to discuss the Constitution [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3113,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3764],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5419"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5422,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5419\/revisions\/5422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}