The Conception of Constitution Day

Tidewater Tech, Beta Tech, Polytechnic Institute of America, and Aviation Institute of Maintenance is pleased to celebrate Constitution Day. Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, the unofficial constitutional scholar to the U.S. Congress, took interest in college students’ relationship with this nation’s founding document. Senator Byrd, as a representative to his state and citizen, offered an amendment to officially observe a federal day for the Constitution. The bill quickly passed through both the House of Representatives and the Senate in an attempt to increase Constitutional knowledge. Charged with instituting Constitution Day through colleges whose students receive federal financial aid, the U.S. Department of Education encourages institutions of higher education nationwide to think creatively in order to celebrate this day in ways that best suit their students.