[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 119 (Wednesday, September 4, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S9862]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO CONSTITUTION WEEK

 Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I rise today to pay a special tribute 
to Constitution Week and Citizenship Day. It is a great pleasure to 
recognize these two events as annual occasions that will continue to 
remind our Nation's future generations of the importance of 
constitutional government.
  In 1952, to commemorate the signing of the Constitution, the U.S. 
Congress authorized an annual Presidential proclamation designating 
September 17 as Citizenship Day. Later, on August 2, 1955, the 
Daughters of the American Revolution proposed and Congress approved a 
second resolution authorizing the President to designate annually the 
week of September 17-23 as Constitution Week.
  I believe that both of these occasions provide the American people 
with the opportunity to learn about and reflect upon the rights and 
priveleges of citizenship which are protected by the Constitution. This 
year, as we celebrate Constitution Week and Citizenship Day, I invite 
every citizen and institution to join in the national 
commemoration.

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