DAR Sponsors Constitution Reading and Bell Ringing on September 17, 2018
Constitution Week is celebrated annually on September 17-23.
Jackson-Madison Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) will commemorate national Constitution Week on Monday, September 17, 2018, with a reading of the Bill of Rights to the U. S. Constitution at 3:00 p.m. at the Madison County Courthouse. Chapter members will read the first 10 Amendments to the U. S. Constitution.
Following the reading of the Constitution, bells will be rung to celebrate the signing of the U. S. Constitution in 1787. Jackson-Madison Chapter DAR encourages all Jackson and Madison County schools, businesses and individuals to participate in “Bells Across America” to celebrate the 231th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States of America on September 17, 1787.
Schools, churches, businesses and individuals across America will ring bells on Monday, September 17.
Ring small bells, large bells, glass bells, brass bells, wooden bells, porcelain bells, jingle bells. Let the sound of freedom ring throughout our city and county during Constitution Week on Monday, September 17, 2018.
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 to promote patriotism, preserve American history, and support better education for our nation’s children. Its members are descended from the patriots who won American independence during the Revolutionary War. With more than 185,000 members in approximately 3, 000 chapters worldwide, DAR is one of the world’s largest and most active service organizations. DAR is non-partisan and non-political, and welcomes any woman, regardless of race, religion or ethnic background, who can prove lineage to a Revolutionary War patriot.
The Jackson-Madison Chapter was founded in June 1901, and is one of the oldest and most active chapters in the state of Tennessee.
To learn more about the work of today’s DAR, visit www.DAR.org or go to the Official YouTube Channel of DAR athttp://www.youtube.com/user/TodaysDAR. To learn more about the Jackson-Madison Chapter, visit www.tndar.org/~jacksonmadison, or contact Regent Beth Bates at 731-427-0465 or batesb@aol.com.