Talk:Constitution Day (United States)

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Contents 1 Source request 2 Accuracy: Recently established? 3 Combine with Citizenship Day? 4 Magnet for Strange Edits

[edit] Source request

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Can anyone cite a source about how Constitution Day is officially observed when the 17th falls on a weekend? I've included links to the laws that create the holiday and it mentions nothing about the proper observation.

Obviously an observation needs to be had on a weekday if educational programs are mandated, and everyone seems to agree that Constitution Day 2005 is on 16 September. But do I fly my flag on the 16th or the 17th? --TobyRush 14:51, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

The pertinent Presidential Proclamation mentions nothing about Constitution Day being celebrated on a weekday, so I'm guessing that the idea of celebrating it on an adjacent weekday is not legislated, just a common-sense application of the law on the part of the schools. Since the I can't find a contrary source, I'm going to edit the article to reflect that... --TobyRush 17:08, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Accuracy: Recently established?

The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page. (March 2008)

While the Byrd amendment requiring schools to teach the Constitution on Constitution Day is new, the holiday itself wasn't recently established. I was aware of it a long time ago and recall calendars carrying the legend on September 17. Perhaps this is just an issue of wording rather than fact on the part of the author? PedanticallySpeaking 18:07, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Combine with Citizenship Day?

Apparently Citizenship Day and Constitution Day are the same holiday, celebrating the same thing. The law sources and the presidential proclamation label the day as "Citizenship Day and Constitution Day." Should we combine the two articles into an article by that name, and have Citizenship Day and Constitution Day both redirect to the single article? As a relatively new wikipedian, I am trying to be bold about editing but shuffling articles around seems scary and presumptuous... --TobyRush 17:24, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Magnet for Strange Edits

This page seems to attract lots of strange edits. I've reverted to the last good version, which is over four months old. The intermediate edits are simply a back-and-forth between people adding bad (e.g. unverified) or strange things to the article. I'm a Wikipedia noob, so I don't know exactly what to do here besides watch the page. I'll read up on relevant policies (e.g. is some form of protection appropriate). Bowmanjj 16:29, 16 April 2007 (UTC)