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Article: Liberty Day honors Constitution.(A)(Nation)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 6, 2002
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Byline: Valerie Richardson
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - The next big celebration of 2002 will be Martin Luther King Day, followed by Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day and then, of course, Liberty Day.
You know, Liberty Day - that day when elected officials and other community leaders go into school classrooms to talk about the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. All the kids get copies of the Constitution, too.
It's been happening every March 16 since, well, 2001. Liberty Day isn't exactly a venerable national tradition on the order of the Fourth of July or Thanksgiving. Its organizers say that all the day needs is a little publicity - a ...