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2025 Constitution Day Events
Scholars reflect on Constitution Day's impact on campus
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The Jack Miller Center is proud to support 31 new Constitution Day event programs for colleges, universities, and scholars around the country. These Constitution Day grants will provide full or partial support for debates, lectures, seminars, and other events aimed at improving constitutional literacy for students, campus faculty and staff, and the greater public.
“The Constitution Day Initiative ([link removed]) plays a vital role in our mission. It improves student understanding of our Constitution by enabling access to excellent scholars of the American Founding—many of whom are part of our JMC network,” said Tom Cleveland, executive director of the American Political Tradition Project at the Jack Miller Center.
Constitution Day marks the signing of the U.S. Constitution ([link removed]) on September 17, 1787. In 2004, Congress officially designated September 17 as Constitution Day, requiring public schools and government offices to promote constitutional literacy. Many institutions, however, lack the resources to host a quality program or forgo programming altogether.
“More than ever, young people need to feel connected to the American founding, that the American experiment in self-government is an integral part of their lives and history. Constitution Day is a perfect opportunity for students to make this vital connection,” said Jeffrey Tyler Syck, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Pikeville.
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Join us for our next webinar
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Join us Tuesday, September 2 at 11:30 am ET, for a special National Summit on Civic Education ([link removed]) webinar with Jane Kamensky ([link removed]) , President and CEO of Monticello and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, and JMC President Hans Zeiger ([link removed]) . They'll discuss Monticello's exciting plans for America's 250th and how we, the people, can rediscover the Declaration and our rich political and historical inheritance.
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, which created the United States. To celebrate the Declaration's upcoming 250th birthday on July 4, 2026, Monticello is launching Declaration Book Club, featuring short readings, lively videos, and probing questions to spark discussion of our past, present, and future as one people, created equal. What did Jefferson and his cosigners declare in 1776—and how do you pursue life, liberty, and happiness today?
The conversation will continue at the National Summit on Civic Education, May 18-19, 2026 in Philadelphia. Click here to learn more about the Summit >> ([link removed])
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Recording now available!
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Did you miss our webinar this month? A recording is now available!
America’s 250th birthday next year gives Americans the opportunity to appreciate our country’s unique character in many creative ways. JMC Scholar
Stuart Warner ([link removed]) (Roosevelt University) and JMC's own Thomas Kelly ([link removed]) asked, "Why should we celebrate with great art? What can we learn about American civics from our country's rich and storied literary tradition?"
Drawing from the
What So Proudly We Hail ([link removed]) collection, they discussed Willa Cather’s posthumous short story "The Best Years," ([link removed]) with its strong themes of the civic importance of family and the risks and rewards of technological advancement and “progress.”
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What we're reading
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The Civics Revolution ([link removed])
“Education is a long game. You train the professors who do the research and educate a generation of teachers,” explained JMC Senior Fellow Paul Carrese in a new RealClear Investigations article ([link removed]) by John Murawski.
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Ancient Wisdom: At 96, I Still Live a Great Life ([link removed])
"My life has encompassed over a third of our country’s history, and I’ve always believed this country is exceptional." writes our founder, Jack Miller. He shared his hard-won wisdom in The Free Press. ([link removed])
Save the date!
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The 2026 National Summit on Civic Education will bring together civic educators, thought leaders, funders, and business and civil society leaders in conversation around the Declaration of Independence and its extraordinary relevance in American education today. Interested in participating? Learn more at our website. ([link removed])
About the Jack Miller Center
The Jack Miller Center is a nonpartisan educational venture to advance the work of scholars who teach and study the ideas, documents, and history we hold in common as Americans. We seek to grow the talent pipeline of university educators who teach the American political tradition, to forge new models for university-based training of K-12 civics and history teachers, and to build a diverse coalition of Americans to ignite a civic education renaissance.
To learn more about our work, visit jackmillercenter.org. ([link removed])
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