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 by naturalization ceremonies across the country. In our area, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park in Greensboro will hold a ceremony at 11:00 a.m. Eastern, to which the public is invited to celebrate some of our newest citizens. The Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kansas will livestream its annual naturalization ceremony at 11 a.m. Central time, which will be available on the library's YouTube channel. You can find additional naturalization ceremony announcements throughout the year at websites of federal courts, such as the Fourth Circuit.
As always, you can celebrate Constitution Day at the Goodson Law Library by picking up a pocket copy of the U.S. Constitution at the library service desk, while supplies last. This year, you can also view a library display of constitutional history books next to the Bolch Judicial Institute's Constitution Day reflection board on level 3 near the Riddick Room (where you can also pick up a pocket Constitution and share your thoughts on what the Constitution means to you). You might also want to take a look at the thousands of other resources in the Duke Libraries Catalog on constitutional law and interpretation with a keyword or subject search for constitutional law--united states. For help finding constitutional law and history resources, be sure to Ask a Librarian.