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Lower and Middle Schools celebrate Constitution Day
Sep 16, 2005 2:27 PM
By Tannika King - Faculty
Darlington Lower and Middle Schools joined educational institutions across America in celebrating the 218th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution Friday, Sept. 16.
“Constitution Day is a great opportunity for all of us to stop, to remember and to be thankful for this wonderful country,” said Middle School Assistant Principal Sally MacLeod. “Our Constitution guarantees our rights, our freedoms and our liberty.”
At the Middle School celebration, Principal Jim Van Es read the Preamble to the students, who were dressed in red, white and blue. At the Lower School, fifth-graders participated in the assembly. Jason Mauer read the Preamble, Cate Reese led the Pledge of Allegiance and Davis Page rang the bell. At the end, Lower School Assistant Principal Diane Lumpkin led the student body in singing “My Country ’Tis of Thee.”
The signing of the Constitution took place Sept. 17, 1787, at 2 p.m., at the Constitutional Convention on Independence Hall of Philadelphia, Penn. In 1956, the U.S. Congress declared Sept. 17 through 24 to be Constitution Week. This year’s Constitution Day was led from the Carillon at the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Penn., where George Washington fought in the Revolutionary War.
“Constitution Day is a great opportunity for all of us to stop, to remember and to be thankful for this wonderful country,” said Middle School Assistant Principal Sally MacLeod. “Our Constitution guarantees our rights, our freedoms and our liberty.”
At the Middle School celebration, Principal Jim Van Es read the Preamble to the students, who were dressed in red, white and blue. At the Lower School, fifth-graders participated in the assembly. Jason Mauer read the Preamble, Cate Reese led the Pledge of Allegiance and Davis Page rang the bell. At the end, Lower School Assistant Principal Diane Lumpkin led the student body in singing “My Country ’Tis of Thee.”
The signing of the Constitution took place Sept. 17, 1787, at 2 p.m., at the Constitutional Convention on Independence Hall of Philadelphia, Penn. In 1956, the U.S. Congress declared Sept. 17 through 24 to be Constitution Week. This year’s Constitution Day was led from the Carillon at the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Penn., where George Washington fought in the Revolutionary War.
