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Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, observed each year on September 17, honor the momentous signing of the United States Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787—an act that forged “a more perfect Union” and laid the foundation for American liberty and self-government. The roots of this observance reach back to May 31, 1938, when Polish refugee Bronislava du Brissac organized “I Am an American Day” in New York, a celebration codified by federal joint resolution in