City Manager Earl Coffey and the Regent of St. Asaph Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, Judy Sieweke watch as Boyle County Judge, Howard Hunt and Danville City Commissioner James Atkins prepare to ring the Courthouse bell in celebration of Constitution Day. Constitution Day, on Sept. 17, is in memory of that day on 1787 when the Constitution was signed. DAR remembers and celebrates Constitution Day every year in order to draw attention to our form of government. DAR is a service organization with missions to promote education, historic preservation, and patriotism. - Photo submitted
Judge Hunt and City Commissioner Atkins were pulling together last Friday to celebrate the Constitution and our form of government. - Photo submitted
St. Asaph Chapter of the DAR provided Pocket Constitutions to four schools in Danville for students to use during their studies of the Constitution. When those units of study are completed in their curriculums later in the year, the students will be able to take a copy of the Constitution home. Shown is Bate Social Studies teacher Sarah Wall with some of her eighth grade students receiving a box of 100 Pocket Constitutions. - Photo submitted