Adele Lancaster, National Chair, Constitution Week

It’s September! Daughters are certainly well aware that during September we celebrate Constitution Week September 17-23 beginning with Bells Across America. There are three very different and distinct ways that our Society pays homage to the Law of our Land ~ the Constitution:

Our DAR Constitution Hall was so named
Holly Blair, National Chair, Constitution Week Committee

Let us ring out bells large and small to celebrate 234 years of the United States Constitution on September 17 at 4:00 p.m. EDT. Why this date and time?  Because the U.S. Constitution was signed in Philadelphia, Penn., at the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) on September 17, 1787

Holly Blair, National Chair, Constitution Week Committee

Today at 4:00 p.m., from sea to shining sea, bells will ring throughout America in celebration of the United States Constitution! I hope that you and your chapter are planning to participate.

On September 17, 1787, at the then-Pennsylvania State House, now better known as Independence Hall, the framing of

Denise Doring VanBuren, President General

The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of our nation. It is the source of all government power and limitations, and it protects the fundamental rights of United States citizens. When was the last time you read this foundational document of our republic?

Now is

Beth Cagle, National Chair, Americanism Committee

What a special day it was yesterday as we celebrated Constitution Day, during Constitution Week, in Constitution Hall welcoming 1,001 new U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony. The DAR teamed up with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to host this special naturalization ceremony. While DAR Headquarters has

Holly Blair, National Chair, Constitution Week Committee

We the people are celebrating the 232nd year of the United States Constitution this week.

The Constitution’s 4,440 words were framed (written) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1787 by the six founding fathers; George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton, for a population of

Jeanie Hornung, National Chair, Constitution Week Committee

Happy Constitution Week! September 17th through the 23rd is an exciting time in America. We have the opportunity to celebrate and honor the United States Constitution. Our Constitution has endured longer than any other constitution in the world. Imagine being in Philadelphia that long, hot summer in 1787

Jeanie Hornung, National Chair, Constitution Week Committee

“The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is the main pillar in the edifice of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty, which you so

Jeanie Hornung, National Chair, Constitution Week Committee

“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

Louise Bell Devanny, National Chair, Constitution Week Committee

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. This hallowed ground was a stark reminder of battles our ancestors fought and how today’s events remind us of the courage it takes to keep, protect and defend our Constitution.  This September