Constitution Day

The preamble to the Constitution:

We the people 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.

Today is Constitution Day, the anniversary of the signing of our Constitution in 1787. The United States Constitution can be read online here and here. Images are here. Primary documents are archived online here. There are lesson plans for learning about the Constitution here. There are other educational resources here. There is a Facebook event page.

Dennis Kucinich says, "Don't leave home without it."

Captain Kirk insists the words mean something:

"Liberty and freedom have to be more than just words."