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Thursday, September 17 is Constitution Day , commemorating the 1787 signing of the United States Constitution in Philadelphia. This year's observance of Constitution Day is especially meaningful since it falls within the America 250 semiquincentennial celebration of the nation's founding. The National Archives and Records Administration, which houses the original document, maintains a page for America's Founding Documents: The Constitution of the United States with a transcription and historical background about the document and its signing. The full text of the U.S. Constitution, along with extensive commentary, can also be found in the government publication Constitution of the United States: Analysis and Interpretation (CONAN) , which is linked from Congress.gov, and in the front matter ("Organic Laws") of the U.S. Code in both official and unofficial formats. Constitution Day shares the September 17 holiday with Citizenship Day , an occasion often marked b...