Constitution Day celebrates liberty
An Uncle Sam impersonator and free copies of the Constitution were just the beginning of the attractions on offer at Yale’s Constitution Day event, but few students stopped by Hewitt Quadrangle to take part in the festivities.
The University celebrated Sept. 17 as the anniversary of the 1787 signing of Constitution, complying with a 2004 law requiring that federally-funded schools observe the occasion. A group of about 40 members of the Yale and New Haven community — including a handful of students — celebrated the event’s theme, “New Haven and the Constitution,” by listening to a...
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