The Augusta University Libraries, alongside the Department of Communications and Department of Social Sciences at Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, hosted the annual Constitution Day event at the Jaguar Student Activities Center on Tuesday, Sept. 17.
Over 150 attendees attended the event which featured food, drink, goodies, and trivia. Buttons were available and ranged from George Washington riding a dolphin to Uncle Sam in various color schemes. Rubber ducks looking like military generals and former presidents (Barack Obama, Richard Nixon, and Abraham Lincoln) were also available with a few other items.
As attendees enjoyed pizza and soda, they were challenged with questions such as “Which state is home to the second most presidents?” and “Which battleground commonwealth is known as the Keystone State?”
Brad Warren, Dean of the AU Libraries, kicked off the reading of the U.S. Constitution, which was divided into 50 sections. Students, faculty, staff, and community volunteers would reach each section, with Dr. Russell Keen, President of Augusta University, and his wife, Karen, reading the final lines of the historic document.
Constitution Day became a nationally recognized day in 2004, following an ammendment by former West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd to a spending bill. Beforehand, the day was solely known as Citizenship Day. Citizenship Day became reconigzed as a holiday in 1940.
The U.S. Constitution was signed on Sept. 17, 1787 and featured two signers from Georgia: Abraham Baldwin and William Few.
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