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September 17, 1787. Philadelphia. Independence Hall. Thirty-nine delegates stepped forward and signed their names to a document that would become the foundation of the most enduring democracy in human history. Two hundred and thirty-nine years later — in the middle of America's 250th anniversary year — we still live under that document. What actually happened on September 17, 1787 The Constitutional Convention had been meeting since May. Delegates from 12 of the 13 states arg

SEP 7 — Labor Day Week Civics Labor Day and Constitution Day land just ten days apart this year. Most teachers treat them as separate events. The best civics teachers know they're the same lesson. What Labor Day actually is — and what students usually don't know Labor Day is a federal holiday honoring the American labor movement and the contributions workers have made to the country. The labor movement is one of the most powerful examples of constitutional rights in action. W