Wednesday marks 238th anniversary of the U.S. constitution

JACKSON, Tenn. — Today is the day the United States honors its constitution and newest citizens.

It marks the day in 1787 when members of the U.S. Constitutional Convention finished writing and signed the nation’s guiding document.

The U.S. constitution, beginning with the words “We the people” stands as the world’s longest surviving written charter of government.

Every educational institution that gets federal funds is required to hold programs about the constitution for its students on September 17.

This day also recognizes the many new citizens that take an oath of allegiance to the U.S.

Citizenship ceremonies are held in courtrooms but also in community settings across the country.

“I think there are many things that as Americans that we are very fortunate of. But one of those, is that at that particular time in history, that we had the collection that we refer to as our founding fathers, who were just thinkers beyond their times who had this foresight and intellect to design such an elaborate, yet relatively straightforward government system that, again, nearly 250 years on, we still operate under,” said Jon York, U.S. Magistrate Judge of Jackson.

If you want to really delve into the history of the constitution, make a trip to Washington D.C.

From now until October first, for the first time, the entire constitution is on display at the U.S. capitol.

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